ILCN Lung Cancer News
ILCN Lung Cancer News


  • Leveraging ctDNA to Detect Minimal Residual Disease Following Surgery

    Leveraging ctDNA to Detect Minimal Residual Disease Following Surgery

    Meeting News

    Curative therapy remains elusive in early-stage NSCLC following surgical resection, sometimes even for patients with stage I disease. Adjuvant therapy can be of benefit, but only for a select few. As shown in the Lung Adjuvant Cisplatin Evaluation (LACE) meta-analysis, platinum doublet chemotherapy, the current standard of care following complete resection of stage II/III NSCLC, only improved 5-year survival by 5.4%.1  “There is clearly unmet…


  • ctDNA Offers a Window Into Emerging Mechanisms of Resistance to Targeted Therapy

    ctDNA Offers a Window Into Emerging Mechanisms of Resistance to Targeted Therapy

    Meeting News

    Targeted therapy has undoubtedly transformed the treatment landscape for metastatic NSCLC, with multiple agents now available to target seven different molecular drivers. In tandem with the growing treatment armamentarium, comprehensive molecular profiling has been critical in providing insight into the complexity of a patient’s disease and enabling precision treatment.  “Tremendous progress has been made, and I think we are really improving our ability to deliver targeted therapy based on improvements in…


  • FDA Perspectives on the Use of Liquid Biopsy in NSCLC

    FDA Perspectives on the Use of Liquid Biopsy in NSCLC

    Industry News & Regulatory Approvals, Meeting News

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes the value of liquid biopsy in managing patients with cancer, and the agency is actively working to bring these assays to the clinic. Harpreet Singh, MD, Director of the Division of Oncology 2, shed light on past FDA efforts related to approval of liquid biopsy technologies as well as those currently underway.  “Liquid biopsies for cancer require close interaction between the oncologist…


  • TRACERx Data Show That Tracking MRD With ctDNA Heralds Disease Relapse

    TRACERx Data Show That Tracking MRD With ctDNA Heralds Disease Relapse

    Meeting News

    By Kara Nyberg, PhD Posted: June 24, 2020 New findings from the TRACERx lung study underscore the value of using circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to predict NSCLC relapse postsurgery based on the detection of minimal residual disease (MRD). Moreover, the results appear sufficiently robust to begin to support use of ctDNA as a biomarker for…


  • Liquid Biopsy’s Role in Marker Identification: An Interview With Dr. Martin Filipits

    Liquid Biopsy’s Role in Marker Identification: An Interview With Dr. Martin Filipits

    Evolving Standards of Care

    Posted: April 16, 2020 As we know, molecular marker identification allows for more rational use of existing therapies. When markers can be identified more effectively and quickly, patient care advances. In the following interview, Martin Filipits, PhD, discusses liquid biopsy’s role in marker identification and the downstream effects of its use. Dr. Filipits is a…


  • Novel Insights on ctDNA Dynamics During Targeted Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockage in NSCLC

    Novel Insights on ctDNA Dynamics During Targeted Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Blockage in NSCLC

    Evolving Standards of Care

    By Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Dr.h.c. Posted: December 11, 2019 IN REFERENCE TO: Phallen J, Leal A, Woodward BD, et al. Early Noninvasive Detection of Response to Targeted Therapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cancer Res. 2019;79(6):1204-1213. Anagnostou V, Forde PM, White JR, et al. Dynamics of Tumor and Immune Responses during Immune Checkpoint…


  • Experts Discuss Turnaround Times, Geographic Differences Regarding Liquid Biopsy

    Experts Discuss Turnaround Times, Geographic Differences Regarding Liquid Biopsy

    Evolving Standards of Care

    Improved Turnaround Times for Biopsy Results Matters More Than Type of Biopsy By Dr. Edgardo S. Santos Castillero, MD, FACP Posted: December 11, 2019 Dr. Edgardo S. Santos Castillero Regarding “Liquid Biopsy for Assessing Response or Progression in Advanced NSCLC” by Dr. Geoffrey R. Oxnard published in the October issue of the IASLC Lung Cancer News, I…