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What Is A Clinical Trial?

A Clinical trial is just that: a research program conducted with patients to determine if an investigational treatment, drug, or device is a better line of defense than the current “best standard of care.” Clinical trials are taking place...
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Spreading Love and Coping with Lung Cancer: Lisa James’s Story

LCFA is saddened by the loss of Lisa James who passed away in 2020. When she was diagnosed, at age 47, she had just started a fabulous new life with her new husband, Preston. When she was diagnosed with...
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Are you helping a loved one get the best help and treatment for a lung cancer diagnosis? Or, maybe you are facing that diagnosis yourself. Are you looking to find a clinical trial? Do you need help paying for...
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Local physician approaches 10 years since cancer diagnosis

Dr. Michael Weitz: 10 year lung cancer survivor and local physician “I don’t think I’ll ever be cured, but I don’t think I need to be cured,” says LCFA’s own Dr. Michael Weitz. “We’re just on the precipice of…

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September 19, 2016
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Doctor-turned-patient shares personal battle with lung cancer

LCFA’s own Dr. Michael Weitz shares his lung cancer story with the Del Mar Times in the lead up to LCFA’s 7th annual Day at the Races event on July 24, 2016. “This age of targeted therapies and personalized…

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August 1, 2016
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Standard of Care Change for Advanced NSCLC?

Medical Life Sciences News Standard of care change for advanced NSCLC patients result of new study. Despite progress with treatment using durvalumab, the current standard of care, additional research attention is needed to further im…

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