LUNG CANCER

Stage IIIB Unresectable NSCLC After Chemoradiotherapy

Stage IIIA Unresectable NSCLC After Chemoradiotherapy

Pembrolizumab has been granted a priority review designation by the FDA for the treatment of patients with advanced small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed following ≥2 prior lines of therapy.

Entrectinib has been granted a priority review designation by the FDA as a therapy for&nbsp;select adult and pediatric patients with <em>NTRK</em> fusion&ndash;positive locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors, as well as patients with metastatic <em>ROS1</em>-positive non&ndash;small cell lung cancer, according to Genentech, the developer of the multikinase inhibitor.

Lung Cancer

Edward B. Garon, MD,&nbsp;discussed these data, as well as other trials investigating immunotherapeutic agents for patients with&nbsp;EGFR-mutant non&ndash;small cell lung cancer.

In a presentation during the 2nd Annual Precision Medicine Through Plasma: Using Liquid Biopsies in Contemporary Oncology Care symposium, Bob T. Li, MD, MPH, explained ctDNA&rsquo;s growing importance in lung cancer, given the disease&rsquo;s challenging prognosis.