As a result of the therapeutic advances and clinical research affecting the management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, clinicians can benefit by comparing their individual skills of diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients with their peers. This peer interaction is an integral part in enhancing clinical decision-making skills that can improve patient care.

Pain is commonly experienced by patients with cancer, and effective treatment of pain is a necessary component of supportive care for patients with cancer. Optimal treatment of cancer pain can be complex, including a combination of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies and coordination of patient comorbidities, including opioid use disorder.

VTE is common among patients with cancer and represents an appreciable risk, with associated morbidity and mortality. Accurate VTE risk assessment is important in identifying appropriate candidates for VTE prophylaxis and at times can prevent unnecessary use of anticoagulants. Selecting a suitable regimen in these patients requires guidance from physicians with experience treating various oncology subpopulations.

With the use of genetic and molecular testing, gliomas can be differentiated more accurately in terms of prognosis and, in some instances, response to different therapies. The updated WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) takes into account the importance of molecular data for accurately diagnosing CNS tumors. Detection of genetic or epigenetic alterations could expand clinical trial options for a patient with a brain tumor.