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Individualizing the treatment of advanced NSCLC

LALCA 2016 – Independent satellite symposium

Chaired by Carlos Gil Ferreira with Mauricio Cuello and Johan Vansteenkiste

Held on Saturday 27th August 2016 at the El Riu Plaza Hotel, Panama City, Panama

Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish | Traducción simultánea de inglés a español

This symposium, held in Panama City, aimed to facilitate the management of squamous and non-squamous NSCLC. It addressed the challenges facing clinicians in the Latin-American region by placing the latest developments in advanced NSCLC into the context of treatment. The expert Faculty provided their insights into how biological knowledge can be used not only to improve treatment pathways, but to maximize outcomes by understanding different treatment approaches.

Scientific summary

A documented account of the symposium presentations, associated discussions and video highlights. Available in English or español.

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Learning objectives

After attending this symposium, learners should be able to:

  • Assess the new treatment and diagnosis paradigms for non-mutated advanced and metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, and explain how to best apply them to individualized patient care in a Latin-American context
  • Describe the rapidly expanding and complex range of treatment and diagnosis options for advanced and metastatic squamous NSCLC, and explain how to best apply them to individualized patient care in a Latin-American context

Después de asistir a este simposio, los participantes serán capaces de:

  • Evaluar los nuevos paradigmas del tratamiento y del diagnóstico para CPCNP avanzado sin mutación y metastásico no escamoso y explicar cómo aplicarlos mejor en el cuidado individualizado del paciente en el contexto de América latina
  • Describir la rápida y compleja tasa de expansión de opciones de diagnóstico y tratamiento para CPCNP metastásico escamoso y explicar cómo aplicarlas mejor en el cuidado individualizado del paciente en el contexto de América latina

Faculty bios

Educational grant

This program is made possible thanks to independent educational sponsorship from Eli Lilly and Company.

Produced by Springer Healthcare IME.

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