Dr. Silvestri, Pulmonologist, on Pulmonary Complications of

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Dr. Silvestri, Pulmonologist, on Pulmonary Complications of Treatment for Lung Cancer

October 29th, 2012 - by Dr. Jack West

http://blog.lungevity.org/2012/10/29/si ... -of-lc-rx/

My friend, Dr. Gerard Silvestri, a pulmonologist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, did a live webinar with us a few months ago on the topic of pulmonary complications from lung cancer therapy. Here is his presentations, split in two parts.

The first half of his presentation covers chemotherapy-induced pneumonitis (lung inflammation), a topic that doesn’t get a lot of discussion but is a problem for a minority of patients. Here it is in both video and audio podcast formats, as well as the transcript and figures from the program. (Click link above to view podcasts and transcripts.)

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 1 Video Podcast

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 1 Audio Podcast

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 1 Transcript

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 1 Figs

The second half of his presentation briefly covered pulmonary complications of targeted therapies for lung cancer, followed by a good discussion of the common problem of radiation pneumonitis and how it is typically managed. Here are the video and audio versions of the podcasts, again accompanied by the transcript and figures for the program. (Click link above to view podcasts and transcripts.)

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 2 Video Podcast

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 2 Audio Podcast

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 2 Transcript

Dr. Silvestri Pulm Complics LC Rx Pt 2 Figs

I hope people find this program helpful. We’ll be moving on to our next webinar, with Dr. Vivek Mehta covering refinements in increasingly targeted radiation therapy approaches for lung cancer, so look for those podcasts here soon.