Topic:
| Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers: A Clinical Entity with Increasing Clinical Relevance in Asian-Americans |
Purpose: | The purpose of this activity is:
- To increase the awareness of the medical profession about lung cancer patients (generally Asian females) who are never-smokers, especially the improved survival outcome for these patients when compared to lung cancer patients in ever-smokers.
- To decrease the general nihilism associated with a diagnosis of lung cancer among patients, their families and their care-givers.
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| Objectives: | Upon completion of this presentation, the participants will be able to do the following:- Review the unique epidemiology, clinicopathologic characteristics, and improved survival outcomes of lung cancer patients who are never-smokers.
- Describe the distinctive genetic changes in lung cancer patients who are never-smokers.
- Discuss emerging therapeutic agents that target specifically lung cancer patients who are never-smokers.
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| Speaker: | Ignatius Ou, M.D., Ph.D.
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, Irvine Medical Center |
| Location: | Empress Pavilion Restaurant
988 N. Hill Street, #201
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Time:
| Registration at 6:30PM, Lecture begins at 7:00PM |
