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

    TTLC Keynote Speaker Explores Progress, Potential Breakthroughs of SCLC Therapies

    By

    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

    By

    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

    By

    Steve Parker
    Meeting News

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


  • TTLC 2023 Showcases Early Ongoing Trial Data, Newest Therapies

    TTLC 2023 Showcases Early Ongoing Trial Data, Newest Therapies

    By

    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.


  • In Brief for Feb. 22, 2023

    In Brief for Feb. 22, 2023

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Society News

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


  • Increasing Evidence Demonstrates the Usefulness of ctDNA

    Increasing Evidence Demonstrates the Usefulness of ctDNA

    By

    Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Drhc, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    LALCA participants recap how the field of liquid biopsy continues to grow—from new biomarkers to new frontiers in early cancer detection.


  • Education Award Recipients Recognized at Latin America Conference

    Education Award Recipients Recognized at Latin America Conference

    By

    John Austin
    Meeting News

    During the Closing Ceremony, five early-career, trainee, or resident investigators were honored for presenting at LALCA 2023.


  • Latin America Conference Attendees Gather Face-to-Face for First Time Since 2019

    Latin America Conference Attendees Gather Face-to-Face for First Time Since 2019

    By

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News

    As LALCA 2023 gets under way in Montevideo, Uruguay, hear from chairs Drs. Luis Ubillos, Mario Varangot, Clarissa Mathias, and Carlos Barrios about the science that will be discussed.


  • Despite Evidence of Benefit, Developing Countries Often Lack Routine Lung Cancer Screening Practices

    Despite Evidence of Benefit, Developing Countries Often Lack Routine Lung Cancer Screening Practices

    By

    Ricardo Sales dos Santos, MD, PhD
    Meeting News

    Expert panel to discuss challenges and opportunities for increasing LDCT screening in Latin America during LALCA 2023.


  • Presidential Symposium Features Best of Abstract Submissions

    Presidential Symposium Features Best of Abstract Submissions

    By

    Luis E. Raez, MD, et al.
    Meeting News

    Highlighted studies explore the association of TP53 mutations with inferior prognosis in NSCLC patients of African ancestry, the possibilities for next-generation sequencing to guide therapy, and the use of a 12-gene expression panel to predict treatment benefit.