ALK Positive Lung Cancer in 2023 and Beyond: Thinking Outside the Box with Dr. Alice Shaw

Keynote by Dr. Alice Shaw, Global Head of Translational Clinical Oncology at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.

[johnjingleheimersmith]

This made me emotional. I only found out I was ALK positive Stage 4 Terminal with brain metastasis about 5 months ago. It's been a pretty terrible ride. I don't know if I'll be around for 5 months or 5 years or whatever. All your long term goals are out the window, but at the same time there's hope that makes you not know what you actually should do with your time left. The pain is one thing, but it's everything else that affects your emotional and mental state from an existential point of view that wrecks me at least. It seems we're right on the cusp of great medical science. I just wish I'd been diagnosed a few years later, hah. But also it seems we still have a lot further to go. Hopefully I'll be one of the lucky ones. At this point I'm only hoping I can have a few more years. At 35, as a person that has always been working toward longer term goals and putting off fun for that, it's like I haven't had a chance to really live yet.

[elijaguy]

me diagnosed may 2019, recently changed to Lorla, so far so good, considering the alternatives.

[AbidAli-upve]

Good news! Im 45 years from India on Lorlatinib for 4 years with no progression. Can I be eligible for any of these clinical trials?

[abigailferreira]

How does ceritinib work on cancer patients.

[didemylmaz]

I wish shaw was not presenting nvl-655 if you wanna see a totally new approach to alk a diff face needed