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Recent News from ILCN


  • In Brief for February 26, 2025

    In Brief for February 26, 2025

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Evolving Standards of Care, Global Initiatives, Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    Durvalumab is recommended for approval in the EU, Health Canada approves pembrolizumab, and the US FDA grants priority review to datopotamab deruxtecan.


  • Climate Change Increasingly Exposes Communities, Healthcare Systems to Unpredictable Circumstances

    Climate Change Increasingly Exposes Communities, Healthcare Systems to Unpredictable Circumstances

    By

    Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH
    Global Initiatives, Risk Assessment and Reduction

    The American Cancer Society’s Dr. Leticia Nogueira says lung cancer epitomizes the severe and inescapable threats climate change pose to cancer control activities.


  • New Combination Therapies Mean More Options, Challenge Decision-Making

    New Combination Therapies Mean More Options, Challenge Decision-Making

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Evolving Standards of Care, Industry News & Regulatory Approvals, Society News

    Dr. Susan Scott discusses how findings from the MARIPOSA and FLAURA-2 trials will be incorporated into clinical practice.


  • Breaking the Silence: The #HearHer Campaign for Women with Lung Cancer

    Breaking the Silence: The #HearHer Campaign for Women with Lung Cancer

    By

    Lauren Kiel, BS, et al.
    Early Detection & Screening, Names & News, Patient Advocacy

    Narjust Florez, MD, and Angela Morabito, BS, launched the #HearHer campaign to raise awareness about the increasing incidence of lung cancer among women and the frequent delays in diagnosis.


  • Oncology Trialists and Their Minions

    Oncology Trialists and Their Minions

    By

    Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP
    Names & News

    Poet and ILCN Editor-in-Chief Corey Langer, MD, illustrates the build-up and anticipation surrounding the release of research data.


  • In Brief for February 12, 2025

    In Brief for February 12, 2025

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Global Initiatives, Industry News & Regulatory Approvals

    The US FDA grants fast track designation to treat KRAS G12C-mutant metastatic NSCLC and China’s NMPA approves taletrectinib for advanced ROS1-positive NSCLC.


  • Experts Share New Insights, Key Updates During Final Plenary Session of the 2024 ACLC

    Experts Share New Insights, Key Updates During Final Plenary Session of the 2024 ACLC

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Global Initiatives, Meeting News, Society News

    Takeaways included updates from the CheckMate 816 study, advances in technology, the role of metabolites and mobile CT screening in predicting cancer risk, and the importance of biomarkers for guiding optimal treatment.


  • New, Indisputable Data Demonstrate Smoking Cessation Should be Considered a First-Line Therapeutic Intervention for Thoracic Malignancies

    New, Indisputable Data Demonstrate Smoking Cessation Should be Considered a First-Line Therapeutic Intervention for Thoracic Malignancies

    By

    Joelle Fathi, DNP, RN, ARNP, CTTS, FAANP, FAAN, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Society News, Tobacco Control & Smoking Cessation

    Drs. Joelle Fathi and Mahdi Sheikh summarize the growing body of evidence that shows quitting smoking after diagnosis improves survival.


  • Amivantamab-Vmjw Plus Lazertinib Shows Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Overall Survival Versus Osimertinib Alone

    Amivantamab-Vmjw Plus Lazertinib Shows Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Overall Survival Versus Osimertinib Alone

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Evolving Standards of Care, Global Initiatives, Society News

    The combination treatment is the first and only regimen to show a survival benefit that surpasses the current standard of care for EGFR-mutated lung cancer.


  • Strength in Numbers: Researchers and Advocacy Groups Unite to Decode the Impact of Genetics on Lung Cancer Risk

    Strength in Numbers: Researchers and Advocacy Groups Unite to Decode the Impact of Genetics on Lung Cancer Risk

    By

    Haleigh Behrman
    Early Detection & Screening, Global Initiatives, Patient Advocacy

    A new genetics study aims to collect data from 10,000 participants diagnosed with lung cancer to improve future outcomes and enhance research.