April 26th 2024
During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Yasir Y. Elamin, MD, discussed the intracranial efficacy of brigatinib from the ALTA-1L trial for patients with ALK+ non–small cell lung cancer in the first article of a 2-part series.
Community Practice Connections™: Real-World Applications of Novel Therapies Across TNBC and Addressing Disparities in Care
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6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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42nd Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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41st Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow
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Basing Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines on Individual Risk Could Be Effective
May 27th 2016An individualized, risk-based approach to screening current and former smokers for the early detection of lung cancer would dramatically expand the population that could benefit from the preventive strategy.
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CHMP Recommends Approval for Bevacizumab/Erlotinib Regimen for NSCLC
May 6th 2016The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the first-line approval of bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with erlotinib (Tarceva) for patients with advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.
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Osimertinib Shows Promise in EGFR T790M-Mutant NSCLC Trials
May 5th 2016Mature data from both the phase I and phase II portions of the AURA study paints a bright, hopeful future for the use of third-generation TKI osimertinib (AZD9291) in patients with EGFR T790M-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.
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FDA Committee Denies Rociletinib Accelerated Approval in Lung Cancer
April 13th 2016The FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 12-1 against the accelerated approval of rociletinib for patients with metastatic EGFR T790M-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have previously received an EGFR-targeted therapy.
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Atezolizumab Granted FDA Priority Review in Lung Cancer
April 12th 2016The FDA has granted a priority review to atezolizumab for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who express PD-L1 and have progressed after a platinum-containing regimen.
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Possible Treatment on Horizon for Advanced KRAS-Mutant NSCLC
April 5th 2016Promising early phase clinical trials have led to the initiation of the phase III JUNIPER trial, which is assessing abemaciclib (LY2835219) for patients with previously treated KRAS-mutant lung cancer, a traditionally hard to treat genetic subtype.
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Dr. Thomas Stinchcombe on Targeted Therapies in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
April 4th 2016Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, discusses the complicated nature of squamous cell lung cancer. Stinchcombe says that there has been a recent boom in targeted therapies for non-squamous cell lung cancer, though not as much research in squamous cell lung cancer due to its multitude of mutations.
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Anti-PD-1 Agents Now Second-Line Treatment of Choice for NSCLC
April 1st 2016In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center, discussed the efficacy of immunotherapies, PD-L1 as a biomarker, and how these therapies will continue to alter the treatment of patients with lung cancer.
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