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April 15, 2020

Time to End the Debate on Genomic Testing in NSCLC

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Evolving Standards of Care

By Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD Posted: April 16, 2020 It’s an exciting time to be a thoracic oncologist. We live in an era of unprecedented discovery in medicine—and in oncology in particular—with basic scientific breakthroughs such as targetable driver oncogenes translating into highly effective treatments for patients in record time. In my relatively short career,…
December 10, 2019

Experts Discuss Turnaround Times, Geographic Differences Regarding Liquid Biopsy

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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…

November 11, 2019

Global Survey for Pathologists on PD-L1 Testing: Moving Toward Standardization

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Diagnostic Oncology

By Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD, and Sylvie Lantuejoul, MD, PhD Posted: November 12, 2019 Determination of PD-L1 expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) has been widely evaluated in clinical trials as a predictive biomarker for patients with advanced NSCLC and is routinely performed to determine eligibility for pembrolizumab therapy, either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy or,…