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Understanding ROS1-positive Lung Cancer: Treatment Advances and Hope

  • The pace of drug development is so rapid. There's just no way you can access the newest drugs that are likely to be even more effective with fewer side effects unless you actually know about the clinical trials.

    Dr. Alice Shaw, Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  • Annabelle Gurwitch

    When I think of the word hope, I think about advancements in science. Hope is actually looking and seeing at the advances. And even since I was diagnosed fi ve years ago, the advances are amazing.

    Annabelle Gurwitch, Host, Author, and Patient Advocate

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