ILCN Lung Cancer News
ILCN Lung Cancer News


  • Breaking News Briefs

    Breaking News Briefs

    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Will Save Lives Reaction was swift and positive last week to new draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowering the requirements for low dose CT imaging as a screening tool for those at risk for lung cancer. Current recommendations call for low-dose CT scans for 55- to…


  • Breaking News Briefs

    Breaking News Briefs

    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    Nivolumab in the News The dosing schedule for nivolumab now includes a flat dose of 480 mg infused every 4 weeks (Q4W) for a majority of approved indications, including patients who received prior therapy for metastatic NSCLC. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval provides an alternative to the previously available option of 240…


  • AACR 2018: First-Line Management of Advanced NSCLC Enters New Era

    AACR 2018: First-Line Management of Advanced NSCLC Enters New Era

    Systemic, Targeted, & Immune Therapies

    By Corey Langer, MD, IASLC Lung Cancer News Editor Posted: June 2018 The therapeutic landscape irrevocably altered on April 17, 2018, when three pivotal trials—KEYNOTE 189, CheckMate 227 and Impower 150—were presented during a plenary session at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago. As of that point, immunotherapy (IO) had…