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Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide and in the USA, with its incidence varying depending on geographic and socioeconomic factors.1–3 According to data from the Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence (GLOBACAN) database, an estimated 2.48 million new cases of lung cancer were reported in 2022.4,5 Although lung cancer rates in the […]

Fred Hirsch, ELCC 2022: The Tissue is (still) the Issue

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Published Online: May 5th 2022

“The tissue is the issue” was a strong theme of the 2013 CAP/IASLC/AMP guidelines. touchONCOLOGY spoke to Professor Fred Hirsch (The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY, USA) to discuss his presentation at the European Lung Cancer Congress 2022, providing an update on the current state of personalized medicine and molecular testing in lung cancer.

Question: “The tissue is the issue” was a strong theme of the 2013 CAP/IASLC/AMP guidelines. How have things changed in the last 9 years?

Speaker Disclosure: Fred Hirsch is a member of the advisory board for: Amgen, AstraZeneca/Daiichi,Bristol-Myers, Novartis, NextCure, Novocure, Nectin Therapeutics, Sanofi/Regeneron and OncoCyteSquibb.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media Ltd. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the European Lung Cancer Congress 2022

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