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Lung Cancer Screening and the Veteran Experience: Past, Present, and Future
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Dr. Nichole Tanner, nurse practitioner Shannon Magee, and experienced patient advocate Jim Pantelas discuss the unique challenges of treating lung cancer through the Veterans Administration (VA) hospital system, and the support provided to veterans pre- and post-diagnosis.
Nichole Tripician Tanner, MD, MSCR, is a pulmonologist at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina, with a joint appointment as a Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Tanner has led the lung screening program at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center since 2013, as well as the lung screening program at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. Shannon Magee, FNP, has been the lead nurse navigator for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center's lung screening program since 2015. Jim Pantelas is a 15-year cancer survivor and navy veteran who has partnered with the Go2 Foundation for Lung Cancer to lobby Capitol Hill for increased funding for lung cancer research and early detection programs.
As a followup to the National Lung Cancer Roundtable and American College of Radiology’s 2021 webinar series, the “Power of Partnerships” limited podcast series will feature conversations currently happening in the world of lung cancer with the people pushing the field into the future.
Additional information on this topic, as well as the resources mentioned during the episode, can be found at https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Lung-Cancer-Screening-Resources.
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