From professor to patient: One man's journey on the frontier of lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1280x720+0+0/resize/1280x720!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6f%2Fa9%2F5f70cc58499f8584baaff6edf5ed%2Fimg-3507.jpeg' alt='Dr. Bryant Lin teaches a lung cancer class in fall 2024. He says he was very nervous to teach the first class and share his story.'/><p>Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients.</p><p>(Image credit: The Lin family)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5981264' />