ILCN Lung Cancer News
ILCN Lung Cancer News


  • Increasing Evidence Demonstrates the Usefulness of ctDNA

    Increasing Evidence Demonstrates the Usefulness of ctDNA

    Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Dr.hc., 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

    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

    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

    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

    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.


  • Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    Passing of The Baton—On the Death of Patient Research Advocates

    Angus Pratt, MBA
    Meeting News, Supportive & Palliative Care

    Patient Perspective: We honor those we’ve lost by continuing their advocacy work, patient advocate Angus Pratt says.


  • New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

    New Screening Approach Needed to Detect Lung Cancer in Patients who Never Smoked

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Early Detection & Screening, Meeting News

    During ACLC 2022, Dr. Gee-Chen Chang made the case for moving beyond smoking history to identify at-risk patients and shared an alternative risk predication model that compared favorably against NLST and NELSON.


  • Palliative Care Benefits Vary Depending on Providers, Timing

    Palliative Care Benefits Vary Depending on Providers, Timing

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Palliative Care

    In the first of a series of articles on supportive care in lung cancer, Dr. David Hui outlines the needs and reviews evidence-based best practices.


  • In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    In Brief for Dec. 7, 2022

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Meeting News, Regulatory Agency Perspective

    Learn how new guidance from the UK’s National Institutes for Health Care Excellence addresses an unmet clinical need for patients with EGFR+ NSCLC with exon 20 insertion and stay up to date on the latest meeting news from IASLC.


  • Targeted Therapies Expanding for MET Dysregulation in NSCLC

    Targeted Therapies Expanding for MET Dysregulation in NSCLC

    Erin Jungmeyer
    Evolving Standards of Care, Meeting News

    During ACLC 2022, Dr. Noemi Reguart reviewed the data for MET-targeting TKIs and monoclonal antibodies for patients with METex14 skipping mutations, MET amplification, and MET overexpression.