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  • Modified Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Requirements May Reduce Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening, Treatment

    Modified Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility Requirements May Reduce Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening, Treatment

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    According to research presented during the North America Conference on Lung Cancer, moving away from pack-years of smoking history to duration of smoking history would increase the number of Black patients who qualify for screening to a rate comparable to that of white patients.


  • Mesothelioma Patients Experienced Higher Levels of Toxicity on CheckMate743 Regimen Than Reported in Clinical Trials

    Mesothelioma Patients Experienced Higher Levels of Toxicity on CheckMate743 Regimen Than Reported in Clinical Trials

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care

    Dr. Ned McNamee said the RIOMeso study is the first detailed report of real-world outcomes in Australian patients undergoing ipi + nivo treatment for pleural meso.


  • IASLC Announces Partnerships to Spur Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancer Research, Address Global Challenges in Conquering Thoracic Cancers

    IASLC Announces Partnerships to Spur Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancer Research, Address Global Challenges in Conquering Thoracic Cancers

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Global Initiatives, Society News

    The initiatives include a $2.5 million, 4-year research grant and projects to improve lung cancer biomarker testing uptake around the world.


  • Patient Advocacy in 2023: A Look Back at Advocacy Efforts, Patient Concerns

    Patient Advocacy in 2023: A Look Back at Advocacy Efforts, Patient Concerns

    By

    Angus Pratt, MBA
    Patient Advocacy

    Patient research advocate Angus Pratt reflects on the past year of advocacy coverage in ILCN and how the movement has evolved in recent years.


  • Proposed Criteria for Tumor Invasion Align with Clinical Factors, Offer Better Predictability, Study Finds

    Proposed Criteria for Tumor Invasion Align with Clinical Factors, Offer Better Predictability, Study Finds

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Diagnostic Oncology, Evolving Standards of Care

    Researchers evaluating the clinical significance of IASLC-proposed criteria found the recommendations better align with clinicopathologic risk factors and improve prognostication.


  • IASLC Calls For Documentation of Tobacco Use in Cancer Clinical Trials

    IASLC Calls For Documentation of Tobacco Use in Cancer Clinical Trials

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Society News, Tobacco Control & Smoking Cessation

    The association recommends collecting data on tobacco use status to advance knowledge on the impacts of tobacco smoke in the context of cancer clinical trials.


  • Patient Perspective: Patients With EGFR+ NSCLC May Still Opt for Quality Over Quantity After FLAURA2

    Patient Perspective: Patients With EGFR+ NSCLC May Still Opt for Quality Over Quantity After FLAURA2

    By

    Ivy Elkins, MBA
    Evolving Standards of Care, Patient Advocacy

    In light of recent data from the study of osimertinib with or without chemotherapy, patient advocate Ivy Elkins said the results may sway some to add chemo to their first-line treatment plan. However, for others, the impact on quality of life will not be worth it.


  • Transporting Real-World Evidence Between Countries—Ready to Beam Aboard?

    Transporting Real-World Evidence Between Countries—Ready to Beam Aboard?

    By

    Jamie Feng, MD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care

    When novel agents demonstrate high rates of durable treatment response but comparative outcome data with standard treatments are lacking, it is important to have methods to translate those treatments to different settings.


  • Data Support IMRT as Standard of Care for Locally Advanced NSCLC

    Data Support IMRT as Standard of Care for Locally Advanced NSCLC

    By

    Fred Gebhart
    Meeting News, Radiation Oncology, WCLC News

    During the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer, Dr. Stephen Chun said long-term data show intensity-modulated radiation therapy offers an overall survival benefit and reduced toxicity compared to 3D conformal radiation therapy.


  • Media Training Improves Advocacy Reach, Increases Lung Cancer Awareness

    Media Training Improves Advocacy Reach, Increases Lung Cancer Awareness

    By

    Fred Gebhart
    Meeting News, Patient Advocacy, WCLC News

    LungCAN Co-Chair Dusty Donaldson says training program helped just two advocates reach more than 630 million people in 32 states and five countries.