Dr. Konstantin H. Dragnev is a medical oncologist and renowned researcher at the Dartmouth Cancer Center. His principal clinical focus is on non-small cell and small cell lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, and targeted therapies. He is currently the interim director of the Dartmouth Cancer Center and has been the medical director of its
Dr. Rian M. Hasson is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. She works as part of a multidisciplinary team to treat patients diagnosed with a range of thoracic cancers and benign diseases, including lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, and chest wall malignancies.
David J. Finley is a thoracic oncologist and the Director of Dartmouth Cancer Center’s Comprehensive Thoracic Oncology Program. He is skilled in a wide range of surgical techniques. He specializes in the treatment of patients with pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. Education and Career Dr. Finley attended Duke University as
Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez is a triple board-certified hematologist and oncologist, and internist at the University of Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her clinical interest is in the early detection and treatment of mesothelioma and lung cancer, as well as in developing programs to eradicate disparities in health care. Education and Career Dr. Rodriguez earned her
Dr. Apar Kishor Ganti is a medical oncologist 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. Education and Career Dr. Ganti completed his medical training and residency at the B.J. Medical College in Pune, India.
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 MercyOne Richard Deming Cancer Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He sees patients diagnosed with all types of cancers and blood diseases, but he has special expertise in head and neck cancers, blood cancers, lung cancer, and gastrointestinal cancers. Education and Career Dr.
Dr. Erik Lewis is a thoracic surgeon at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center in Omaha, Nebraska. He treats a variety of thoracic conditions, including lung cancer and esophageal cancer. He also treats patients diagnosed with benign conditions, including gastroesophageal reflux. He is skilled in minimally invasive surgical procedures and
Dr. Rudy P. Lackner is a cardiothoracic surgeon and surgical oncologist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Fred & 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 pleural mesothelioma.
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.