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Latest Episodes

THE RIDDLE OF DRUG RESPONSE: Why Does A Drug Work For One Person And Not Another?
March 11, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Zachary Rogers, Ph.D. Postdoc at MIT | American Cancer Society Fellow Lung cancer treatment is undergoing a revolution. In the last 15 years, weve tr

Improvise Life! Seize The Day While Living With Cancer
February 17, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: James Hiter, Streak for A Cure James and Hildy had a similar experience in having their lung cancer found by accident. James, a streaker who runs da

Improvise Life! Seize The Day While Living With Cancer
February 14, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: James Hiter, Streak for A Cure James and Hildy had a similar experience in having their lung cancer found by accident. James, a streaker who runs d

Beyond the Breast: Unraveling HER2 in Lung Cancer, What A Difference 20 Years Makes!
January 16, 2025

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, Massachusetts General Hospital This podcast delves deeper into the evolving understanding of the HER2 biomarker in lung can

Kicking Cancer! From Diagnosis to Defiance: One Survivor’s Story
December 13, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUEST: TERRI CONNERAN, Founder of KRAS Kickers Imagine facing five recurrences of cancer in seven years. Terri Conneran did, and she turned her adversity int

Size Matters! Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumors Pack A Mighty Wallop
November 15, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Carl Gay, MD, MD Anderson, Misty Shields, MD, Ph.D., Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center. Hildy shares her experience of losing a fr

Everything Old Is New Again! Imagine This: Repurposing Existing Drugs For New Uses
October 15, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Jaime Cheah, Ph.D., Director of Collaborative Screening in the Center for the Development of Therapeutics at the Broad Institute and Jane Wilkinson,

Misunderstandings About Clinical Trials Reflecting On Past Lessons to Future Innovations
September 17, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman, CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Geoff Oxnard, MD, VP Clinical Development, Global Head Thoracic Cancer | Thoracic Oncologist, Boston Medical Center With so many misunderstandings ab

GROUNDBREAKING TREATMENTS FOR CANCER What’s New in Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer?
August 07, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: David Barbie, MD and Elliott Brea MD, Ph.D. As Albert Einstein said, If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough. That said,

WHAT NO ONE EVER TOLD YOU: HOW TO SUPPORT LUNG CANCER PATIENTs AND FAMILIES
June 19, 2024

HOST: Hildy Grossman CO-HOST: Jordan Rich GUESTS: Francine Jacobson, MD, MPH, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston The process of being diagnosed and treated for lung cancer is often an arduous one. H