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  • Dose Escalation Trial Yields Encouraging Results for SCLC With DLL3 Expression

    Dose Escalation Trial Yields Encouraging Results for SCLC With DLL3 Expression

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    Haleigh Behrman
    Early Detection & Screening, Meeting News, SCLC/NET

    Dr. Julien Mazières reported that while obrixtamig plus ezabenlimab showed encouraging responses at the clinically effective dose, efficacy peaked at the highest dose, reaching an ORR of 58% and a DCR of 83%.


  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Established Brain Metastases: Prospective Evidence

    Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Established Brain Metastases: Prospective Evidence

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    Rafał Dziadziuszko, MD, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Radiation Oncology, SCLC/NET

    In the conclusion of this two-part series, Drs. Tomasik and Dziadziuszko highlight unresolved questions and future directions for integrating HA-PCI and SRS into practice for SCLC.


  • Modern Brain Radiotherapy in SCLC: Integrating Hippocampal Avoidance and Stereotactic Precision

    Modern Brain Radiotherapy in SCLC: Integrating Hippocampal Avoidance and Stereotactic Precision

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    Rafał Dziadziuszko, MD, PhD, et al.
    Evolving Standards of Care, Radiation Oncology, SCLC/NET

    Drs. Tomasik and Dziadziuszko discuss how the SCLC field is shifting toward brain-sparing techniques to maximize disease control, as well as cognitive preservation.


  • Tarlatamab With Anti-PD-L1 Demonstrates OS Benefit as First-Line Maintenance Therapy After Chemo-IO in ES-SCLC

    Tarlatamab With Anti-PD-L1 Demonstrates OS Benefit as First-Line Maintenance Therapy After Chemo-IO in ES-SCLC

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    Taylor Fithian
    SCLC/NET, Targeted Therapies, WCLC News

    Lead investigator Dr. Kelly Paulson said the combination demonstrated unprecedented overall survival with a manageable safety profile in this patient population.


  • Hereditary Predisposition Plays a Larger Role in SCLC Development Than Previously Recognized and May
            Inform Personalized Treatment

    Hereditary Predisposition Plays a Larger Role in SCLC Development Than Previously Recognized and May Inform Personalized Treatment

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    SCLC/NET

    Whole-exome sequencing reveals that almost half of all patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) have a deleterious germline mutation which may be associated with the development of their disease (Abstract OA11.05). Moreover, these mutations could lend themselves to targeted therapy and screening in about 10% of individuals—a treatment approach for SCLC that has remained…


  • Promising Results for Lurbinectedin in SCLC When Paired with Irinotecan

    Promising Results for Lurbinectedin in SCLC When Paired with Irinotecan

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    SCLC/NET

    Combined treatment with lurbinectedin and irinotecan appears to pack quite a punch in patients with relapsed small cell lung cancer (SCLC) according to the results of a phase Ib/II trial (Abstract OA11.04). The overall response rate (ORR) among 21 patients who had received up to 2 prior lines of treatment reached 62% overall, with a…