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  • Adding Pembrolizumab to Platinum and Pemetrexed Improves OS in Treatment-Naive MPM

    Adding Pembrolizumab to Platinum and Pemetrexed Improves OS in Treatment-Naive MPM

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News

    Dr. Quincy Chu recently shared results from the phase III IND227 trial, which also demonstrated improved progression-free survival in mesothelioma patients who received the combination compared to those who received standard chemotherapy alone.


  • Exploratory IMpower010 Analysis Shows Surgery Type Associated with Favorable DFS, OS Results

    Exploratory IMpower010 Analysis Shows Surgery Type Associated with Favorable DFS, OS Results

    By

    Alessandro Brunelli, MD, et al.
    Meeting News

    In stage II-IIIA NSCLC patients with high PD-L1 expression, the benefits of atezolizumab and platinum-based chemotherapy after surgical resection appeared to be most prominent in the lobectomy subgroup according to Dr. Alessandro Brunelli and colleagues.


  • Tumor Treating Fields May Provide Additional Treatment Option for mNSCLC Following Progression

    Tumor Treating Fields May Provide Additional Treatment Option for mNSCLC Following Progression

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    Investigator Ticiana Leal, MD, said the the phase III LUNAR study met its primary endpoint and demonstrated a statistically significant 3-month improvement in median overall survival versus the standard of care.


  • ADAURA Demonstrates OS Benefit with Adjuvant Osimertinib in Resectable EGFRm NSCLC

    ADAURA Demonstrates OS Benefit with Adjuvant Osimertinib in Resectable EGFRm NSCLC

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    Dr. Roy Herbst said the results reinforce adjuvant osimertinib as the standard of care for patients with resected, EGFR-mutated stage IB-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer and highlight the importance of early biomarker testing.


  • Data Supporting IO Before Surgery in Resectable NSCLC Grows

    Data Supporting IO Before Surgery in Resectable NSCLC Grows

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    During ASCO’s 2023 Annual Meeting investigators shared findings from several neoadjuvant studies, including KEYNOTE-671 and Neotorch, which showed improved EFS with pembrolizumab and toripalimab, respectively.


  • From the Editors: Defining Resectability of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2023

    From the Editors: Defining Resectability of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2023

    By

    Witold K. Rzyman, MD, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    Is “resectability” based on radical resection criteria still valid in the era of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy? ILCN’s editors say the term needs to be revisited and probably redefined based on a tumor’s status before treatment and after neoadjuvant treatment.


  • ELCC Session Offers Surgical Perspective in Context of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy

    ELCC Session Offers Surgical Perspective in Context of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Radiation Oncology, Surgical Oncology

    Presenter Dr. Alex Brunelli says neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy is a promising and well-tolerated treatment option in select patients with stage III NSCLC.


  • Radiation Oncologist Makes Case for Radiotherapy for Local Treatment of Select Patients

    Radiation Oncologist Makes Case for Radiotherapy for Local Treatment of Select Patients

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Surgical Oncology

    Can radiotherapy replace surgery in stage III NSCLC in the era of immunotherapy? During ELCC 23, Dr. Sara Ramella turned to the data to answer that question.


  • In Brief for May 24, 2023

    In Brief for May 24, 2023

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals, Meeting News

    Health Canada gives greenlight to cemiplimab-chemo combo for first-line treatment of advanced NSCLC. Early registration for WCLC 23 ends June 9.


  • Amivantamab Demonstrates Consistent Efficacy in CHRYSALIS Follow-up

    Amivantamab Demonstrates Consistent Efficacy in CHRYSALIS Follow-up

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News

    Spain’s Dr. Pilar Garrido reviews long-term efficacy, safety, and predictors-of-response data for post-platinum advanced NSCLC patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.