NSCLC (Issue 9)

Roman Perez-Soler, MD, talks about NSCLC tumors becoming resistance to chemotherapy and first-line treatment.

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that an EGFR inhibitor, erlotinib, was well tolerated in combination with whole-brain radiation therapy for patients with brain metastases from NSCLC.

Immunotherapy is fast becoming the new standard of care for non-small-cell lung cancer alongside developing research in the field.

Dr Rolf A. Stahel, MD, and Dr Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, weigh in on treating patients with NSCLC.

A paper presenting the results of a retrospective study of patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC hypothesized that prognosis for patients with NSCLC and brain metastases could be further identified through molecular subtyping.

Chandra P. Belani, MD, deputy director, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Miriam Beckner Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, talks about how immunotherapies targeting PD-L1 and PD-1 are showing activity in lung cancer.

Researchers are now searching for chemical or genetic biomarkers that could be used to identify lung cancer patients more likely to develop brain metastases.

Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, talks about the treatment options for patients with lung cancer who have become resistant to their first-line treatments.