This TOGA Podcast discusses strategies for enhancing patients’ recovery from lung cancer resection in light of new and emerging data for new peri-operative therapies that improve survival. The conversation explores the guidelines available, the changing landscape for the patient with neoadjuvant and adjuvant management options, and the multidisciplinary considerations to optimise the care of patients.
Dr Jazmin Eckhaus, a thoracic surgeon from The Austin, Melbourne, is joined by A/Prof Emily Stone, Head of Thoracic Medicine in the Dept of Thoracic Medicine and Lung Transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, A/Prof Melissa Moore, a medical oncologist from St Vincent’s in Melbourne and Chair of the TOGA Education Committee and Professor Catherine Granger, Head of Physiotherapy Research at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy at The University of Melbourne in Australia. Professor Granger is a cardiorespiratory physiotherapist and clinician scientist with expertise in physical activity and exercise for cancer patients’ populations.
