Dr. Konstantin H. Dragnev is a medical oncologist and renowned researcher at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. His principal clinical focus is on improving outcomes for patients diagnosed with non-small cell and small cell lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and esophageal cancer using molecularly targeted therapies. Dr. Dragnev is also a professor of medicine at Dartmouth’s
Dr. Rian M. Hasson is a thoracic surgeon at the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She works as part of a multidisciplinary team to treat patients diagnosed with a range of thoracic cancers and benign diseases,
David J. Finley is the Program Director of Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Thoracic Oncology Program. A thoracic surgeon triple board certified in Surgery, General Surgery, and Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, he is skilled in a wide range of surgical techniques. He specializes in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, esophageal cancer,
Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez is a triple board-certified hematologist, oncologist, and internist at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her clinical interest is in the early detection and treatment of malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer, as well as in developing programs to eradicate disparities in health care. In addition to the care she provides
Dr. Apar Kishor Ganti is an oncologist and internal medicine specialist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is a physician scientist whose primary interests are lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, thymoma, head and neck cancers, and thyroid cancers. Dr. Ganti is also an integral member of the Omaha VA Medical Center’s care team,
Malignant mesothelioma and asbestos-related lung cancer are common causes of death among people who work in asbestos-contaminated work settings. There are several legal and financial remedies available to those who’ve been affected by these circumstances, ranging from personal injury litigation to filing for workers’ compensation benefits, and all-too-frequently companies object to being held responsible, no
Dr. Laxmi Narayana R. Buddharaju is a medical oncologist and hematologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology at the College of Medicine. He sees patients diagnosed with a variety of cancers and blood diseases, but his particular interest is treating those
Dr. Erik Lewis is a thoracic and cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He treats a wide variety of conditions ranging from lung and esophageal cancers and other thoracic malignancies like malignant pleural mesothelioma. He also treats patients diagnosed with benign conditions
Dr. Rudy P. Lackner is a thoracic surgeon and surgical oncologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. As part of the facility’s lung cancer and thoracic oncology program, he specializes in minimally invasive approaches to treating esophageal cancer, lung cancer, and malignant pleural
A remarkable study conducted by researchers in China has determined that patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma have better cancer-specific survival and overall survival if they are married. The researchers believe that the poorer prognosis in unmarried patients is related to insufficient treatments and socioeconomic and psychosocial factors.