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  • Alternative Dosing Strategies for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

    Alternative Dosing Strategies for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

    By

    Michiel Zietse, MSc, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care

    Combining fixed- and weight-based dosing approaches may reduce costs without compromising efficacy.


  • US FDA’s Review of Single-Country ‘Me Too’ Drugs: A Clinical Trialist Perspective

    US FDA’s Review of Single-Country ‘Me Too’ Drugs: A Clinical Trialist Perspective

    By

    Matthew Z. Guo, BA, et al.
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    With no direct comparison to the standard of care and limited resources to review applications, researchers say they support the agency’s decision not to approve sintilimab.


  • Panel Explores Emerging Treatments and Sequencing Strategies for Patients with Advanced NSCLCs Driven by Rare Oncogenes

    Panel Explores Emerging Treatments and Sequencing Strategies for Patients with Advanced NSCLCs Driven by Rare Oncogenes

    By

    Beth Fand Incollingo
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    During the 2022 European Lung Cancer Congress, experts reviewed evidence on drugs targeting MET exon 14 skipping mutations and RET, HER2, and BRAF alterations.


  • Evidence Supports Adding Biological, Pathological, and Molecular Assessments to the TNM Lung Cancer Staging System

    Evidence Supports Adding Biological, Pathological, and Molecular Assessments to the TNM Lung Cancer Staging System

    By

    Beth Fand Incollingo
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    A presentation at the 2022 European Lung Cancer Congress convinced attendees that the current system for staging lung cancer needs refinement.


  • Renowned Researcher Fred Hirsch Delivers 2022 Heine H. Hansen Award Lecture

    Renowned Researcher Fred Hirsch Delivers 2022 Heine H. Hansen Award Lecture

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Names & News, Society News

    The honor of giving the opening keynote address during ELCC recognizes Dr. Hirsch’s significant contributions to international research and education.


  • In Brief for May 25, 2022

    In Brief for May 25, 2022

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals, Meeting News, Names & News, Society News

    5th edition of patient education book released; US FDA moves to prohibit tobacco flavoring.


  • Financial Toxicity of Lung Cancer in the Netherlands

    Financial Toxicity of Lung Cancer in the Netherlands

    By

    Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, MD, PhD, et al.
    Patient Advocacy

    Even when treatment costs are covered, the majority of lung cancer patients experience increased expenses and/or reduced income following their diagnoses.


  • As Treatment Options in Lung Cancer Have Expanded, so Have Costs

    As Treatment Options in Lung Cancer Have Expanded, so Have Costs

    By

    Giulia Pasello, MD, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Patient Advocacy

    A real-world look at diagnostic-therapeutic pathways explores how they may help provide optimal, innovative care without ballooning costs.


  • Small, High PLCG2-Expressing Intratumoral Cells May Drive Metastasis

    Small, High PLCG2-Expressing Intratumoral Cells May Drive Metastasis

    By

    Alvaro Quintanal-Villalonga, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care

    In the search to understand the mechanisms of metastasis, researchers have expanded the spectrum of SCLC clinical specimens amenable for single-cell resolution analysis.


  • COAST Data Support Further Research of Immunotherapy Combinations

    COAST Data Support Further Research of Immunotherapy Combinations

    By

    Mariona Riudavets, MD, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care

    Trial is the first to show improved efficacy and a manageable safety profile after cCRT in unresectable locally advanced stage III NSCLC regardless of PD-L1 status.