Which Data From the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer Are Most Likely to Change Practice?

Oncology News Central Peer-Spectives

The World Conference on Lung Cancer (World Lung) will be held in Singapore, September 9–12. The current president of International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), Heather A. Wakelee, MD, division chief of medical oncology at the Stanford Cancer Institute in California, shares which presentations and findings she is most looking forward to at this year’s event. She speaks with Robert Figlin, MD, the Steven Spielberg Family Chair in hematology-oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center in Los Angeles, about steps being taken to ensure that key information from the conference is communicated quickly, clearly, and effectively to community oncologists around the world. They also discuss specific issues that will be addressed in Singapore, including a focus on lung cancer screening and why overcoming obstacles to more widespread uptake is crucial.