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  • Q&A with Jamie E. Chaft, MD, Regarding the ALCHEMIST Platform

    Q&A with Jamie E. Chaft, MD, Regarding the ALCHEMIST Platform

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    Uncategorized

    Posted: December 2017 How do you envision immunotherapy interdigitating in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant setting in resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? PACIFIC, which demonstrated a marked progression-free survival (PFS) advantage of 1 year of durvalumab after definitive concurrent chemoradiation in patients with unresectable NSCLC, gives us hope that this class of agents may likewise…


  • Utility and Controversies Surrounding Use of New Techniques in Radiotherapy

    Utility and Controversies Surrounding Use of New Techniques in Radiotherapy

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    Radiation Oncology

    By Suresh Senan, MRCP, FRCR, PhD Posted: December 2017 Improved delivery of radiotherapy has contributed to the recent changes in guidelines for patients with lung cancer. The clinical impact of some technical advances has been modest, but the cumulative effect of many developments has led to more precise treatment delivery, and has increased the confidence…


  • IASLC WCLC 2017 Presidential Symposium Presents Leading Lung Cancer Research

    IASLC WCLC 2017 Presidential Symposium Presents Leading Lung Cancer Research

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    Meeting News

    By Cynthia L. Kryder, MS Posted: December 2017 The IASLC WCLC 2017 Presidential Symposium in Yokohama, Japan, recognized the authors of 3 exceptional lung cancer research abstracts. Patient-reported Outcomes from the PACIFIC Trial According to previously reported efficacy and safety results of the PACIFIC trial, patients with locally advanced stage III NSCLC receiving durvalumab post…


  • National Cancer Institute Adds Latest Clinical Trial to the ALCHEMIST Platform

    National Cancer Institute Adds Latest Clinical Trial to the ALCHEMIST Platform

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    Global Initiatives

    By Cynthia L. Kryder, MSPosted: December 2017 Despite genomic advances in the treatment of advanced lung cancer over the past decade, few breakthroughs have emerged in the adjuvant treatment of patients with resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in whom there is a 50% chance that the cancer will recur after standard treatment. Consequently, the…