The Beacon

By H. Jack West, MD

Dr. Jack West reviews emerging new information and controversial topics in health care in general, cancer treatment in particular.... more

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How many episodes does The Beacon have?

The podcast currently has 75 episodes available.

The Beacon episodes:

March 08, 2019 Dr. David Spigel, Part 2: Identifying the Optimal Duration for Immunotherapy in Responding Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer (BMIC-075)
Dr. Jack West interviews Dr. David Spigel of Sarah Cannon Research Institute on the evidence on an optimal duration of immunotherapy for long-responding patients with advanced NSCLC, weighing efficacy, potential toxicity, and cost concerns.
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21min
March 05, 2019 Dr. David Spigel, Part 1: Clinical Research and the Growing Complexity of Cancer Care in a Community Setting (BMIC-074)
Dr. Jack West interviews Dr. David Spigel of Sarah Cannon Research Institute on the challenges of conducting clinical trials and delivering increasingly complex patient care, along with the possible future role of artificial intelligence and telemedicine.
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25min
December 28, 2018 Top 5 Most Influential Trial Findings in Lung Cancer Management in 2018 (BMIC-073)
Dr. Jack West summarizes his list of the top 5 most influential trials in lung cancer that reported results in 2018, including why they matter.
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14min
December 21, 2018 What does the CheckMate-331 trial of nivolumab vs. chemo for relapsed SCLC tell us? (BMIC-072)
Dr. Jack West reviews the trial design, key results, and implications of the CheckMate-331 trial of nivolumab (Opdivo) vs. standard chemotherapy for relapsed small cell lung cancer.
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9min
December 11, 2018 The IMpower130 Trial of Carbo/Nab-Paclitaxel +/- Atezolizumab: Does this Positive Trial Change Management? (BMIC-071)
Dr. Jack West reviews the IMpower130 trial of carboplatin + nab-paclitaxel with or without atezolizumab as first line treatment for advanced non-squamous NSCLC and whether this positive trial changes management in this setting.
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10min
December 09, 2018 Overall Survival Benefit for Local Ablative Therapy as Consolidation for Oligometastatic Stage IV NSCLC: Where Does it Fit in Practice Now? (BMIC-070)
Dr. Jack West describes recently updated results of a small randomized trial of consolidation local ablative therapy (LAT) for oligometastatic advanced NSCLC after initial systemic therapy & considers whether these results should shape clinical practice.
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10min
December 04, 2018 The IMpower132 Trial: Does This Change the Advanced NSCLC Landscape? (BMIC-069)
Dr. Jack West reviews the IMpower132 trial of platinum + pemetrexed with or without atezolizumab as first line treatment for advanced non-squamous NSCLC and where these results fit into management of patients in this setting.
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7min
December 02, 2018 The MYSTIC Trial has Failed on Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC: What Does and Doesn't This Tell Us? (BMIC-068)
Dr. Jack West reviews the trial design of the MYSTIC trial of durvalumab alone or in combination with tremelimumab, what we know about results, and the implications for the current & future landscape in NSCLC.
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10min
November 16, 2018 Pembrolizumab for Patients with Advanced NSCLC and a Performance Status (PS) of 2: Results of the PePS2 Trial (BMIC-067)
Dr. Jack West summarizes new information presented at ESMO 2018 on the PePS2 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with advanced NSCLC performance status (PS) of 2, which demonstrated favorable efficacy and no concerning challenges with toxicity in this population.
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5min
November 14, 2018 Long-Term Management of Patients Doing Well on Immunotherapy for Advanced NSCLC: Insights from KEYNOTE-010 (BMIC-066)
Dr. Jack West reviews longitudinal outcomes for patients on the KEYNOTE-010 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) vs. docetaxel as 2nd line therapy for advanced NSCLC, with helpful new info on those completing 2 years of pembro & implications for practice.
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9min

FAQs about The Beacon:

How many episodes does The Beacon have?

The podcast currently has 75 episodes available.