Though lung cancer remains the leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, there is cause for optimism. On this episode of Kentucky Health, Dr. Wayne Tuckson welcomes Jason Chesney, M.D., director of the UofL Health-Brown Cancer Center in Louisville, to discuss new developments in the treatment of lung cancer. 

The Kentucky Health episode airs Sunday, Oct. 10, at 12:30 pm/11:30 am on KET and Monday, Oct. 11, at 2/1 pm on KET2. 

Kentucky Health is a weekly KET program that seeks to improve the people’s health through education and increased awareness. Kentucky Health is hosted by Dr. Wayne Tuckson, a colorectal surgeon in Louisville, and produced by Laura Krueger.

KET is Kentucky’s largest classroom, where learning comes to life for more than one million people each week via television, online and mobile. Learn more about Kentucky’s preeminent public media organization at KET.org, on Twitter @KET and at facebook.com/KET.