World Conference on Lung Cancer

When cetuximab (Erbitux) was added to chemotherapy, the risk of death was reduced by 44% for patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors test positive for EGFR gene amplification.

Osimertinib (AZD9291), the third-generation TKI, demonstrated a 71% objective response rate (ORR) in those with EGFR T790M-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), following resistance to frontline anti-EGFR therapy.

When bevacizumab (Avastin) was added to adjuvant chemotherapy, overall survival (OS) did not improve in patients with surgically resected early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Continued treatment with gefitinib (Iressa) beyond progression showed a trend toward better outcomes for those with T790M-negative non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

For patients who have metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors were positive for EGFR copy number, as determined by the FISH analysis, survival tended to be better with the addition of necitumumab to their conventional chemotherapy.

Coexisting driver mutations within EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) could possibly contribute to primary resistance to EGFR-targeted therapy.

Nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy), a chemotherapy-free regimen, showed activity as a first-line therapy for patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Daniel S. Oh, MD, assistant professor of surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, discusses myPlan genetic testing in patients with lung cancer.

By adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to a standard chemotherapy doublet, the risk of death is reduced by 24%, with the risk of disease reducing by 39%, in patients who have malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

The majority of patients under the age of 40 who have lung cancer had tumors with mutations that can be targeted with existing therapies.