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Moderna’s Cancer Vaccine Program
Highly successful Covid vaccines have raised the question of ‘why not cancer vaccines?’, a question of great interest and financial contribution for the ALK Positive NSCLC community in recent years. Somewhat under the radar of our members is Moderna, Inc.’s multi-cancer clinical trial for their personalized mRNA vaccine that started in 2017. The trial is…
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The use of traditional chemotherapy in lung cancer
Many of us are on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), however there are definite benefits to the use of traditional chemotherapy (chemo). In this article, we will learn a little more about this treatment option. Chemo may be recommended by your doctor in different situations: In stages I-III only: Before surgery (neoadjuvant chemotherapy): Neoadjuvant…