Cancer Care Team Award

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Nomination submission is now open for the 2025 Cancer Care Team Awards.

The IASLC CCTA honors multidisciplinary teams, as nominated by the patients they serve. Exceptional care for patients with lung cancer isn't limited to interactions with any one specialist or care center.

Individual patients with lung cancer, their loved ones, and caregivers/partners are eligible to nominate a multidisciplinary care team. Nominations are accepted from all around the world.  Medical professionals cannot nominate themselves or colleagues. An international panel chooses one winning team from each of the four regions - North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia/Rest of the World, and all winners were recognized and celebrated this fall at WCLC 2025 in Barcelona!

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Highlighting Worldwide Outstanding Care

Exceptional care for patients with lung cancer is not limited to interactions with any one specialist or care center. Oftentimes, delivery of patient care is at its best when multidisciplinary team members offer the patient seamless and informed communication, as well as an individualized treatment plan based on not just the patient’s needs but the patient’s wishes. Knowing that this type of stellar care is happening around the world every day, the IASLC Cancer Care Team Award recognizes these multidisciplinary teams, as nominated by the patients they serve. An international panel chooses one winning team from each of the four regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, & Asia/Rest of World. The selection criteria is based on: trust, shared decision-making, empathy, access to care, treatment options, educational information, tumor testing, & patient support & survivorship. What more prestigious honor could there be?

Pictured here are the 2024 Cancer Care Team Award Recipients from Asia/ROW, Latin America, Europe & North America.

2024 Cancer Care Team Regional Recipients

North American Recipient

Fox Chase Cancer Center & Temple University Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dr. Hossein Borghaei
Dr. Stephanie Weiss MD, FASTRO
Dr. Shelley Hayes
Dr. Scott Shepard
Mary Ellen Sileo
Kerry Briggs
Terri McGowan, RN
Halyna Matviyishyn, RN

Latin American Recipient

Centro de Tratamiento e Investigación sobre Cáncer Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo (CTIC)
Bogotá, Colombia

Dr. Andres Cardona
Dr. Leonardo Rojas Puentes
Dr. Lucia Viola
Dr. Stella Martinez
Dr. Carlos Carvajal

Asia/ROW Recipient

MAS Clinic & Hospital
Tamluk, West Bengal, India

Dr. Shyamal Sarkar
Dr. Aditya Narayan Sen
Dr. Lalit Kumar Khanra
Aditya Manna
Saptaparna Jana
Raghunandan Hazra
Bitashok Pattanayak

Europe Recipient

Erasmus University Medical Center
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dr. Robin Cornelissen
Dr. Jan von der Thusen
Dr. Erik jan Dubbink
Prof. Dr. Joachim Aerts
Dr. Ties Mulders

Recognizing outstanding patient care in the field of thoracic malignancies.

The 2024 IASLC Cancer Care Team Award recognizes extraordinary patient care in the field of thoracic malignancies. Awardees are nominated by patients and their loved ones.

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The IASLC's Cancer Care Team Award History

The IASLC Cancer Care Team Award was established in memory of Marilyn Holman, who passed away from lung cancer in 2016. By recognizing Cancer Care Teams across the globe, we hope to spread awareness and speak to the outstanding care that's possible for all lung cancer patients from the time of diagnosis through treatment.

Today, the IASLC Cancer Care Team Award honors multidisciplinary teams as nominated by the patients they serve. Exceptional care teams offer the patient seamless and informed communication and an individualized treatment plan based on not just the patient's needs but also the patient's wishes. The Cancer Care Team Award aims to highlight this kind of outstanding care worldwide.

Only IASLC Members are eligible to submit nominations for the Cancer Care Team Award. IASLC Membership is complimentary for patients and their family members and caregivers. If you are not yet a member, learn more about how to join today!

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