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|Videos|December 31, 2015
Dr. Rex Chin-Wei Yung on the Role of Pulmonology in Oncology
Author(s)Rex Chin-Wei Yung, MD, FCCP
Rex Chin-Wei Yung, MD, FCCP, discusses the value of teamwork in oncology, specifically lung cancer, and the importance of pulmonologists.
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Rex Chin-Wei Yung, MD, FCCP, pulmonologist, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, discusses the value of teamwork in oncology, specifically lung cancer, and the importance of pulmonologists. Yung says a pulmonologist in the role of oncology is to help plan out the most important, and potentially fruitful, diagnostics tests for a patient and reveal mutations such as EGFR or BRAF.
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