2025 Summit Recap

Watch the recorded videos of the 2025 EGFR Resisters Patient and Caregiver Summit Sessions

Keynote Speaker, Dr. William Pao

Dr. Pao discusses the history of the EGFR mutation from its discovery and the history of treatments to date.

Session 1: Understanding and Navigating the EGFRm Lung Cancer Treatment Landscape

This session is an overview of EGFRm lung cancer and the treatment options available today. Experts share updates on the latest therapies and clinical trials, walk through important factors to consider when making decisions about your care, and explain key terms in easy-to-understand language. There is also a Q&A session.

Session 2: Effective Communication Throughout the Cancer Care Experience

Talking openly with your care team helps ensure you are choosing the best path forward together. Experts share practical tips on how to ask questions, get second opinions, and make sure your voice is heard in treatment decisions. They’ll also talk about how side effects, lifestyle, and family needs can play a role in decision-making.

Session 3: Living with EGFRm Lung Cancer

EGFRm lung cancer impacts both physical and emotional health. This session discusses managing side effects, coping with the stress of scans (scanxiety), resources for support, and finding balance in everyday life.

Session 4 Part 1: Clinical Trials – Access, Answers, and Action

Clinical trials can feel overwhelming but they may offer additional treatment options. This session covers what clinical trials are, how to access them, and what to expect if you participate.

Session 4 Part 2: Finding Appropriate Trials and the Caregiver Perspective

A panel of patients, doctors, and caregivers discuss how to find the right trial for your needs and how to use the EGFR Resisters Clinical Trials After Tagrisso Spreadsheet that lists different trials depending on what mutation you have, no new mutations, leptomeningeal disease, HER2, Exon 20, MET, brain mets, etc. Also patients and caregivers share their perspectives and experiences with clinical trials.

Breakout Session: Humor & Resilience

EGFR Resister Annabelle Gurwitch discusses her lung cancer journey with its ups and downs and how she has used humor to manage some of her most challenging moments.

Patient Breakout Session: Living Well with Uncertainty

Health Care Provider Panel: Hot Topics

Lung cancer specialists discuss the following topics: leptomeningeal disease, surgery in advanced stage lung cancer, oligometastatic disease, radiation while on systemic therapy, and liquid biopsies.

Closing Remarks: Dr. David Carbone

Dr. David Carbone speaks about how lung cancer has impacted his professional and personal life.

Closing Remarks: Jill Feldman

EGFR Resisters Jill Feldman wraps up the Summit by speaking about our community’s interests and needs and asks attendees to consider getting involved by volunteering their skills or becoming a lung cancer advocate.