A Patient and Family Educational Workshop.

Providence Cancer Center’s Thoracic Oncology Program offered a workshop for lung cancer patients and their support team on November 7, 2009. Speakers discussed advances in lung cancer treatment and offered emotional and psychological tools to support patients and caregivers. The archived presentations will provide information which will empower the lung cancer patient to live with and manage his or her disease.

Providence lung cancer experts presented information on:

• What are the most current treatment options?
• What resources are available?
• How can I find social support?
• Do alternative therapies, such as acupuncture, massage and naturopathy, really help?
• What can I do to help myself?
  

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This program is made possible through a generous donation from a family served by Providence Cancer Center, and through grants from OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Genentech, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Rachel E. Sanborn, MD
Oncologist, Providence Oncology Hematology Care Clinic
Co-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program

Lung Cancer Seminar introduction

• What causes lung cancer?
• Why is lung cancer important?
• Stages of lung cancer

Michael Skokan, MD
Pulmonologist, The Oregon Clinic

Lung Cancer: Pulmonary Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment

Dr. Skokan’s interests include interventional bronchoscopy, lung cancer evaluation and treatment and critical care medicine.

• Screening
• Types of procedures
• What are we worried about when a nodule is found?
• Discussion of state of the art interventions

John R. Handy, Jr., MD
Co-director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program
Director, Providence Thoracic Surgery Program
Thoracic Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic

Lung Cancer  Surgery

Dr. Handy has a special interest in cancers of the chest, with an emphasis on advanced surgical techniques. He has specialized expertise in minimally invasive surgery.

• For whom is it appropriate and what is the process?
• Early stage resectable disease
• Types of lung surgery
• Surgical trials

Krista Nelson, MSW
Oncology Social Worker, patient advocate

Extra Support for Lung Cancer Patients

• Cancer support groups
• Support for the whole person: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual
• Counseling services
• Patient advocacy

Loch Chandler, N.D., MSOM, L.Ac.
Acupuncturist and naturopathic doctor
Providence Integrative Medicine Program

Nutrition, Integrative Medicine, and supportive therapies

Dr. Chandler utilizes evidence-based Naturopathic medicine, Chinese medicine and acupuncture to help optimize a person's health and reduce potential side effects as they are going through their cancer treatment and afterwards in survivorship.

• How does acupuncture and massage therapy help?
• Lung cancer and nutritional supplements
• Meat, dairy and lung cancer.
• Exercise and lung cancer.
• Vitamin D - how does it help?

Alice Wang-Chesebro, MD
Radiation Oncologist, The Oregon Clinic

Lung Cancer and Radiation Therapy

• What is radiation therapy?
• Common side effects
• Types of radiation therapy
• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Rachel E. Sanborn, MD
Oncologist, Providence Oncology Hematology Care Clinic
Co-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program

Lung Cancer Oncology and Research

• What is chemotherapy?
• What are clinical trials?
• Why should I enroll in a clinical trial?
• Future look at treating lung cancer

 Return to Thoracic Oncology
 2007 Symposium for Specialists
 Access additional lung cancer information from our 2006 patient symposium