Using data from SEER databases, Howlader and colleagues recently reported that incidence-based mortality from NSCLC in men decreased from 6.3% annually (95% CI, 3.4 to 9.0) from 2013 through 2016, in contrast to the period […] Read more
Trial data can help inform change to standard of care, but at what point do we say enough data is enough and move forward with combination therapy as the new standard of care? Read more
As oncologists, we recognize that the patient–physician relationship is of utmost importance in establishing the patient’s trust in the physician and in the physician’s ability to learn more about the patient’s needs and perform accurate assessments for […] Read more
As 7:00 AM approaches, the ninth-floor conference room slowly fills as team members fi le in and find their seats. The senior radiation oncologist identifies his seat in the front row, carefully placing his stack […] Read more
Harpreet Singh, MD, is director of Division of Oncology 2 at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the following interview, she discusses the FDA’s response to the COVID-19 […] Read more
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease, mainly affecting the respiratory tract, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China, in December […] Read more
Treatment guidelines recommend neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapies with surgery for patients with large primary tumors or clinical evidence of intrathoracic nodal spread.1,2 A recent joint IASLC–U.S. Food and Drug Administration […] Read more
The absence of an OS benefit in more than 3 decades of clinical trials for extensive-stage SCLC (ES-SCLC) had become an all-too-familiar refrain among the introductions to numerous publications and […] Read more
By Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Dr.hc. Over the past several years, three large randomized clinical trials demonstrated that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening is a valuable method for lung […] Read more
By Sandip Pravin Patel, MD, and Martin Edelman, MD Posted: August 21, 2020 Dr. Sandip Pravin Patel Dr. Martin Edelman […] Read more