This course covers the latest surgical and nonsurgical treatments for lung cancer, emphasizing the importance of lung cancer staging in treatment decisions. Students will learn about lung cancer histology, presenting symptoms, risk factors, TNM staging, mediastinal staging, surgical outcomes, radiofrequency ablation, chemo approaches, targeting mutations, immunotherapy, and more. The teaching method includes lectures by UCLA experts in cardiothoracic surgery and hematology/oncology. This course is intended for healthcare professionals, medical students, researchers, and individuals interested in the treatment of lung cancer.
Treatment for Lung Cancer - Jay Lee, MD and Jonathan Goldman, MD - UCLAMDChat
University of California, Los Angeles via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Lung Cancer Incidence and deaths
Lung Cancer Histology
Lung Cancer Presenting symptoms
Lung Cancer Risk factors
Lung Cancer When to initiate work-up
Lung Cancer TNM Staging
Lung Cancer Staging
Lung Cancer Mediastinal staging
Lung Cancer Surgery
Lung Cancer Surgical outcomes
Radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors
Lung Cancer Subtypes
Advanced NSCLC. Stage IV
NSCLC Chemo approaches by histology
Targeting specific mutations
Small molecule inhibitors treat specific proteins
Receptors and specific inhibitors
IPASS: response rates by mutation status
Incidence of Single Driver Mutations
Clinical Responses and Resistance
Molecular Basis of Resistance
Immunotherapy
Immune Checkpoint inhibition
PD1 Inhibitor in NSCLC
Taught by
UCLA Health
