ILCN Lung Cancer News
ILCN Lung Cancer News


  • Tobacco Control Impacts Everyone in Respiratory Medicine, JTO CRR Editor Says

    Tobacco Control Impacts Everyone in Respiratory Medicine, JTO CRR Editor Says

    John Austin
    Society News, Tobacco Control & Smoking Cessation

    In a Q&A with ILCN, new JTO Clinical and Research Reports Editor-in-Chief Dr. Emily Stone discusses her passion for tobacco control and the importance of open-access journals in elevating research globally.


  • Patient Perspective: ‘Scanxiety’ Triggered by Cancer, Not Scans

    Patient Perspective: ‘Scanxiety’ Triggered by Cancer, Not Scans

    Dusty Donaldson
    Patient Advocacy

    Patient advocate Dusty Donaldson says for most patients regular surveillance is not the problem and points out limitations of data that fail to show better outcomes with frequent scanning.


  • TTLC Keynote Speaker Explores Progress, Potential Breakthroughs of SCLC Therapies

    TTLC Keynote Speaker Explores Progress, Potential Breakthroughs of SCLC Therapies

    Nick Ippolito
    Meeting News

    During the Targeted Therapies of Lung Cancer meeting, MD Anderson’s Dr. Lauren Byers celebrated recent advances and highlighted areas in need of further research.


  • Experts Debate TKI Use After Disease Progression for Patients with EGFR Mutations

    Experts Debate TKI Use After Disease Progression for Patients with EGFR Mutations

    Nick Ippolito
    Meeting News

    During TTLC 23, Drs. Balazs Halmos and Mark Socinski presented the evidence for and against continued tyrosine kinase inhibitors use with chemotherapy for EGFR-positive patients with disease progression.


  • Scenes from TTLC 2023

    Scenes from TTLC 2023

    Steve Parker
    Meeting News

    Revisit all your favorite moments from #TTLC23 in our photo gallery.


  • CodeBreaK 200 Confirms Sotorasib’s Superiority Compared to Docetaxel, Investigator Says

    CodeBreaK 200 Confirms Sotorasib’s Superiority Compared to Docetaxel, Investigator Says

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care

    In a Q&A with ILCN, Dr. Melissa Johnson recaps the trial’s positive results—and surprises—and discusses the potential roles sotorasib and other drugs in its class may play in treating KRAS G12C+ NSCLC.


  • Tobacco Smoking-Related Mutational Signatures: Is it Time to Move on From Patient-Reported History?

    Tobacco Smoking-Related Mutational Signatures: Is it Time to Move on From Patient-Reported History?

    Sophie M. Ernst, MD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care

    Study highlights limitations of relying solely on clinical smoking history, and findings suggest tobacco smoking-related mutational signatures could potentially guide molecular testing and optimize patient stratification in clinical trials.


  • TTLC 2023 Showcases Early Ongoing Trial Data, Newest Therapies

    TTLC 2023 Showcases Early Ongoing Trial Data, Newest Therapies

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News

    Conference chairs Drs. Paul Bunn, Charu Aggarwal, Lecia Sequist, and Joel Neal discuss what makes this meeting unique and share program highlights in a recent Q&A with ILCN.


  • Patient Perspective: Me, Myself, and Scanxiety

    Patient Perspective: Me, Myself, and Scanxiety

    Laura Floyd
    Patient Advocacy

    Studies that don’t show survival benefit with more frequent surveillance won’t convince patients they’re better off without scans. Even if regularly scheduled scans don’t help patients live longer, they do help them live better.


  • In Brief for Feb. 22, 2023

    In Brief for Feb. 22, 2023

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Society News

    IASLC is now accepting abstract submissions for WCLC 2023 and nominations for committee membership and leadership.