By Kara Nyberg, PhD Posted: August 2018 The pace of research focused on new therapies for advanced NSCLC has progressed from a trot to a sprint in recent years. Among […] Read more
By Caroline Dive, CBE, PhD, FMedSci, and Kris Frese, PhD Posted: August 2018 Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is aggressive, disseminates early, and has a dismal prognosis.1 Its genomic landscape […] Read more
NCI Selects Five Teams of Researchers to Expand Discovery of Predictive Biomarkers for Immunotherapy
Posted: August 2018 In October 2017, the United States National Cancer Institute (NCI) launched a major effort to expand the discovery and validation of predictive biomarkers on cancer immunotherapy. This […] Read more
By Erik MacLaren, PhD Posted: August 2018 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and researchers who rely on the funding it provides have spent much of the past year under the […] Read more
By Joy Curzio Posted: August 2018 Liquid biopsy is a powerful tool that can determine a patient’s molecular tumor profile and aid diagnosis, as well as therapeutic choices. Liquid biopsy […] Read more
By Hedy L. Kindler, MD Posted: August 2018 The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued its first-ever clinical practice guidelines on the management of patients with malignant pleural […] Read more
By D. Ross Camidge, MD, and Mary W. Redman, PhD Posted: August 2018 Updates of the primary analysis of the phase III ALEX trial were presented at the American Society […] Read more
The conference’s program is stacked with science and education for scientists, clinicians, and advocates alike. By Leah K. Lawrence Posted: August 2018 The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer […] Read more
Posted: August 2018 Avrum Spira, MD, has been named global head of the new Lung Cancer Initiative within Johnson & Johnson, which will be based at Boston University’s Medical Campus. […] Read more
Posted: August 2018 As of April 2018, Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, is the director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology and the Early Clinical Trials at the University of Maryland […] Read more