Medical and radiation oncologists are important members of your lung cancer care team who work together with you to determine your treatment plan and deliver your care.

Drs. Jonathan Riess and Megan Daly from UC Davis’s Comprehensive Cancer Center joined GO2’s October Lung Cancer Living Room to discuss the specific roles of medical oncologists and radiation oncologists, the different types of radiation and how they are used to treat lung cancer, and how multidisciplinary care teams work together to coordinate your care.

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Riess, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Thoracic Oncology, Physician Lead, Lung Cancer Integrated Service Line, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Megan E. Daly, MD, Professor of Clinical Radiation Oncology, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Jennifer Rene Harmon Tegley and Elizabeth Erica Harmon Endowed Chair in Cancer Clinical Research, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Danielle Hicks, Chief Patient Officer, GO2 for Lung Cancer

Discussed in this episode:

  • The stage of your lung cancer will play a role in determining what kind of treatment might be best for you. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has four stages: I (1), II (2), III (3), and IV (4).
  • Radiation therapy is often used in the treatment of brain metastases, which is when cancer cells from the lungs travel to the brain and begin to grow. It uses high-energy beams to kill or shrink cancer cells. The beams may be aimed at a certain spot(s) in the brain, or the whole brain may receive radiation.
  • A “multidisciplinary care team” is a group of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals from different fields who work together to determine the best treatment plan for a patient and to provide high-quality and coordinated care.

Please join us on Dec. 19 at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET for the next Lung Cancer Living Room closing out our year with “Our Year of HOPE.” Join in person at our San Carlos, CA office or watch on YouTube Live.

For more information on the Living Room, other GO2 for Lung Cancer programs, or support through diagnosis and treatment, please contact GO2’s HelpLine at 1-800-298-2436 or email support@go2.org.