LUNG CANCER

Plasma-based genetic testing can effectively be used to determine whether a tissue biopsy is necessary for EGFR mutation analysis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Patients with nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumors of gastrointestinal or lung origin continued to live longer when treated with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor everolimus than with placebo, ongoing follow-up in a randomized trial showed.

Heather A. Wakelee, MD, discusses a study utilizing liquid biopsies in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who harbor EGFR mutations.

Frontline treatment with alectinib reduced the risk of progression or death by 66% compared with crizotinib for patients with advanced or recurrent ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Plasma and urine tests are often a reliable method for the detection of the T790M mutation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), according to an oral presentation given Monday at the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Neratinib, an experimental TKI being developed for breast cancer, achieved a 36% clinical benefit rate in a phase II trial, according to a poster presented June 5, 2016 at the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.

The third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) osimertinib (Tagrisso) demonstrated promising activity in a phase I study of heavily pretreated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and leptomeningeal disease who harbor activating EGFR mutations.

Howard L. (Jack) West, MD, medical oncologist, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses emerging agents on the horizon for patients with T790M-mutant patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Combination therapy dabrafenib and trametinib showed positive outcomes in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant NSCLC, according to phase II trial data presented at the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Updated findings from the phase III CheckMate-057 and -017 trials showed sustained improvements in overall survival (OS) data of nivolumab (Opdivo) treatment in pretreated patients with nonsquamous or squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Treatment with the delta-like protein 3 (DLL3)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate rovalpituzumab tesirine demonstrated single-agent activity and a manageable safety profile for patients with recurrent/refractory SCLC.

A faculty of experts presented a compelling discussion on the state of the art for EGFR-targeted TKIs during the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting.

The number of brain metastases does not have an impact on overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an EGFR mutation or ALK rearrangement, Cleveland Clinic investigators discovered.

The investigational cancer vaccine CRS-207 may improve response and survival when given with chemotherapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) according to results of a phase Ib trial.

Walter Weder, MD, University Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery, discusses challenges in mesothelioma treatment and why specialized centers are best for the patient.

Significant strides have been made in developing cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 inhibitors to treat estrogen receptor (ER)‒positive breast cancer.

Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 inhibitors are a promising class of anticancer agents that may present effective alternatives to standard therapy for women with advanced, refractory, or relapsed hormone receptor (HR)‒positive breast cancer.

A number of highly effective cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 inhibitors are currently in development as treatments for patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 has been extensively studied in estrogen receptor (ER)‒driven breast cancer.

More than 20 years have passed since the cyclin-dependent kinases 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 were discovered to drive oncogenesis in several cancer types.

An 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.

Sue Naeyaert, senior director of Biosimilars Policy, EMD Serono, discusses the long-term impact that biosimilars could potentially have on the field of oncology.

Immunohistochemistry can effectively be used for the identification of ROS1 gene alterations to ascertain eligibility for the targeted therapy crizotinib for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Clovis has stopped clinical development of rociletinib, its once promising EGFR inhibitor for the treatment of patients with EGFR T790M-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

James L. Mulshine, MD, professor, acting dean, Graduate College, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College, Rush University, discusses the worldwide differences in screening for lung cancer.