Targeted Oncology Staff

Articles by Targeted Oncology Staff

Edward Kim, MD, chair, Department of Solid Tumor Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC, discussed the use of atezolizumab and durvalumab as treatment of a 73-year-old female patient with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer during a virtual Case Based Peer Perspective event.

During a virtual Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Mark G. Kris, MD, attending physician, Thoracic Oncology Service, William and Joy Ruane chair in Thoracic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discussed molecular testing for a 59-year-old patient with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung, as wells as the treatment options for the patient.

Based on data from the phase III SOLAR-1 trial, alpelisib (Piqray) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of postmenopausal women, and men, with HR-positive, HER2-negative, PIK3CA-mutated, advanced or metastatic breast cancer following progression on or after an endocrine-based regimen.