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Metastatic Consolidative Surgery with Dr. Allie Mungo & Patient Samantha Murrell. Episode 34 Part 01
In this riveting first part of a two-episode series, host Dr. Kyle Concannon, a medical oncologist, is joined in person by Dr. Allie Mungo, a thoracic surgeon, and patient advocate Samantha Murrell, who is just two weeks post-surgery for her Stage IV HER2-mutated lung cancer. They dive into the controversial topic of consolidative surgery—surgically removing residual tumor in patients with metastatic (Stage IV) cancer.
Samantha shares her personal journey, explaining how a remarkable response to targeted therapy—which rendered her PET scan active only at the primary tumor site—compelled her…
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