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Dana-Farber Doctors Report Back After Big Chicago Cancer Conference

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Patient Carole Linderman hugs Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli before her blood is drawn for a liquid biopsy. (Jacqueline Larma/AP)
Patient Carole Linderman hugs Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli before her blood is drawn for a liquid biopsy. (Jacqueline Larma/AP)

Earlier this week, a huge conference on the future of cancer treatment finished up in Chicago. You might call the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting the splashiest cancer conference of the year.

Two doctors from the the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — one of the best known cancer treatment and research centers, right here in Boston — are coming back to town with big news from the front lines of cancer research with new information that's especially relevant to each of their specialties.

Guests

Dr. Jochen Lorch, thyroid cancer specialist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Head and Neck Treatment Center. He works with targeting tumors by their genetic mutations.

Dr. Patrick Ott, clinical director of the Center for Immuno-Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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This segment aired on June 5, 2015.

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