Nichole Tucker

In an interview with&nbsp;<em>Targeted Oncology</em>, Shlomo Koyfman, MD, the director of head and neck and skin cancer radiation at Cleveland Clinic, provides details about the current treatments for cSCC and how the new KEYNOTE-630 trial could improve practice for oncologists who treat cSCC.

A new study shows comparability between liquid biopsy and tissue biopsy in both diagnostics and monitoring of non&ndash;small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, based on the results, liquid biopsies may be preferable to help oncologists make swifter decisions that help manage the disease.<br /> &nbsp;

In an interview with <em>Targeted Oncology</em>, Shota Fukuoka, MD, PhD, of the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, commented on the results of the study and the future plans to expand the research with a larger cohort.

In an interview with <em>Targeted Oncology</em>, Andrew Turk, MD, discussed his presentation at the&nbsp;<em>3rd Annual</em> Congress on Oncology and Pathology as well as the current state of molecular testing for thyroid cancer and the future of testing and diagnostics.

In an interview with <em>Targeted Oncology, </em>Shirish Gadgeel, MBBS, of the Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division, University of Michigan, discussed recent study updates from the phase III KEYNOTE-189 trial and potential implications for the combination on clinical practice.

During an interview with <em>Targeted Oncology</em>, lead study author Dhruvajyoti Roy, PhD, the director of technology at Laboratory for Advanced Medicine, Inc., shared information about the study, commented on other liquid biopsy research presented by peers at ASCO and provided insight as to what these data mean for the future of cell-free DNA methylation.

Two abstracts presented at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting analyzed potential combinations with osimertinib (Tagrisso), a third-generation EGFR TKI, with additional agents to potentially overcome resistance mutations following progression in patients with <em>EGFR</em>-mutant NSCLC.

One set of researchers are exploring the possibility of re-challenging patients with ovarian cancer with PARP inhibitors later in the course of treatment when their disease became recurrent. As the first to examine re-challenging patients with PARP inhibitors, researchers found that patients who had prior exposure to PARP inhibitors did not develop resistance and could, therefore, receive repeat treatment with PARP inhibitors.

For detecting genetic drivers and molecular aberrations in patients with metastatic non&ndash;small cell lung cancer, performing biopsies with comprehensive cell-free DNA, or liquid biopsies, may be a viable substitute for tissue-based biopsies.&nbsp;