Thoracic Cancer Beyond the Clinic - Community Impacts

Thoracic Cancer Beyond the Clinic - Community Impacts is organized by American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Course Opens: 01/31/2022
Course Expires: 01/30/2025

Description:
Covid-19 rapidly affected our lives and the life of our patients. Vaccination campaign started in 2021. At least four types of vaccines are widely used in the US (Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson and Astra Zeneca). Speakers review the data in the general population and available data in the cancer population. In general, the activity of the vaccines are similar for patients with solid tumors and the normal population. Possible influencing factor are chemotherapy, use of steroids and age. Data on larger cohort of patients with lung cancer are lacking.

Topics of discussions are:

• Social Media Use in Medicine
• Equity in Medicine
• Wildfires and Climate Change: Effects on Lung Cancer
• Efficacy of COVID Vaccine on Cancer Patients

An additional presentation is regarding topics related with advanced precision diagnostics in the context of patients with thoracic malignancies. The presentation offers an update of optimal strategies to assess molecular biomarkers in tumor tissue samples and their impact in patient care.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Apply new strategies to make practice modifications.
• Describe the current landscape of biomarkers for targeted therapies and immunotherapy for patients with thoracic malignancies.