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PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center

HOPE IS HERE TO END LUNG CANCER

nyone with lungs can get lung cancer . It ’ s one of the most common cancers in the United States .
City of Hope , an NCIdesignated comprehensive cancer center , provides the most advanced lung cancer treatments in Orange County .
Our lung cancer specialists include Jyoti Malhotra , M . D ., M . P . H ., whose expertise in precision medicine is giving people with lung cancer the chance to live longer , better and more fully .
She is part of a team advancing worldrenowned cancer research and treatment at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center .
“ Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in Orange County , where only seven percent of adults smoke cigarettes ,” says Dr . Malhotra . “ Fortunately , mortality rates from the most common lung cancer , non-small cell lung cancer , have fallen sharply in recent years , thanks to advances in research , early detection and treatment .”
Dr . Malhotra has designed and led multiple clinical trials that bring together precision medicine , which targets treatment to each tumor ' s molecular and genetic characteristics , with immunotherapy , which harnesses the body ' s natural defenses to fight cancer .
CITY OF HOPE IS ORANGE COUNTY ’ S MOST ADVANCED CANCER CARE
Patients at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center receive fully integrated , multidisciplinary care — from prevention through survivorship — in one convenient location . They have access to City of Hope ’ s 575 physicians and more than 1,000 researchers and scientists who only focus on cancer , and nearly 1,000 Phase 1-3 clinical trials conducted at City of Hope each year . Cancer research that has led to breakthrough treatments used around the globe is conducted
Jyoti Malhotra , M . D ., M . P . H ., Director , Thoracic Medical Oncology , City of Hope Orange County
right here . Patients who once traveled for expert care now have the world ’ s best cancerfighting minds close to home .
This is the Hope you ’ ve been waiting for . For more information , visit CityofHope . org / OC .
TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT ANY OF OUR FIVE ORANGE COUNTY LOCATIONS , CALL 888-333-HOPE ( 4673 )
• City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center
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