Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment of Patients with Lung Cancer with Local or Locoregional Disease

IASLC Exclusive Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients with Local or Locoregional Disease
Overview

This webinar, "Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment of Lung Cancer Patients with Local or Locoregional Disease," will be presented by IASLC surgical and radiation oncology experts. Faculty will address topics such as postponing surgery and/or radiation depending on the patient's SARS-CoV-2 status; post-surgery discharge time; operating suite preparation for a SARS-CoV-2 positive patient; surgery following neo adjuvant therapy; radiation fractionation schedule; adjuvant therapy; patient follow up; and options for patients when standard of care multidisciplinary approaches are not feasible. 

Format: There will be two presentations followed by ample time for questions from the audience.

Date
Apr 28, 2020 -
Apr 28, 2020
Location

Online

Surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and other physicians treating and managing lung cancer patients, as well as nurses, patients and advocates devoted to the care of lung cancer patients.

Planning Chair:

  • Francisco Suarez, MD, Chile

Planning Committee Members:

  • Hak Choy, MD, United States
  • Alan Sihoe, MD, Hong Kong
  • Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, United States
  • Murry Wynes, PhD, United States
  • Chandra Belani, MD, United States
  • Kirsten Black, PhD, MPH, United States

Hak Choy, MD, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Moderator)
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Nancy B. & Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair in Therapeutic Oncology Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center  

Alan Sihoe, MD, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 
Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital 

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Executive Director
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Lawrence W. Davis Professor and Chairman
Emory Department of Radiation Oncology
Group Chairman, NRG Oncology
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Chair in Cancer Research 

Disclosure: No one involved in the planning or presentation of this activity has disclosed a relevant financial relationship.

For any inquiries, please contact meetings@iaslc.org.

Surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and other physicians treating and managing lung cancer patients, as well as nurses, patients and advocates devoted to the care of lung cancer patients.

Planning Chair:

  • Francisco Suarez, MD, Chile

Planning Committee Members:

  • Hak Choy, MD, United States
  • Alan Sihoe, MD, Hong Kong
  • Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, United States
  • Murry Wynes, PhD, United States
  • Chandra Belani, MD, United States
  • Kirsten Black, PhD, MPH, United States

Hak Choy, MD, Dallas, Texas, United States  (Moderator)
Professor and Chair
Department of Radiation Oncology
The Nancy B. & Jake L. Hamon Distinguished Chair in Therapeutic Oncology Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center  

Alan Sihoe, MD, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 
Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital 

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, FACR, FASCO, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Executive Director
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Lawrence W. Davis Professor and Chairman
Emory Department of Radiation Oncology
Group Chairman, NRG Oncology
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and Chair in Cancer Research 

Disclosure: No one involved in the planning or presentation of this activity has disclosed a relevant financial relationship.

For any inquiries, please contact meetings@iaslc.org.

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