Opinion|Videos|December 28, 2023

Progress and Unmet Needs in NSCLC Treatment

Author(s)Anne S. Tsao, MD, Edward B. Garon, MD, MS

Thoracic oncologists discuss the progress made and unmet needs that remain in the non–small cell lung cancer treatment space.

Episodes in this series

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 1 Overview of Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 2 The Role of Biomarkers in NSCLC Treatment

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 3 NSCLC Treatment: Unmet Needs and Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 4 The Role of TROP2 as a Biomarker in NSCLC

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 5 NSCLC: Preclinical Studies on TROP2 Expression

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 6 Lung Cancer Treatment: Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 7 Clinical Trial Data on Sacituzumab Govitecan in NSCLC

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 8 EVOKE-02: Sacituzumab Govitecan Plus Pembrolizumab in First-Line Metastatic NSCLC

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 9 Advanced NSCLC: TROPION-Lung02 and TROPION-Lung04

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 10 Antibody-Drug Conjugate Safety Profiles in NSCLC

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 11 Recent Data on Datopotamab Deruxtecan in NSCLC

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 12 NSCLC: Dato-DXd Combination Therapy

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 13 NSCLC: Role of ADCs and Ongoing EVOKE-01 and EVOKE-03 Studies

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 14 Progress and Unmet Needs in NSCLC Treatment

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, and Anne S. Tsao, MD, experts on lung cancer

EP. 15 Future Targeted Therapy Approaches in NSCLC

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