September 20th 2024
The approval of amivantamab plus carboplatin and pemetrexed is supported by data from the phase 3 MARIPOSA-2 trial.
42nd Annual CFS: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow®
November 13-15, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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Annual Hawaii Cancer Conference
January 25-26, 2025
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41st Annual CFS®: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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Differentiating Adverse Events for Antibody-Drug Conjugates Across Solid Tumor Management
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Acquired Resistance to Osimertinib in T790M-Positive NSCLC
April 21st 2017Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, discusses a study that found overgrowth of competing resistance mechanisms, such as an acquired <em>KRAS</em> mutation, underlies a poor prognosis subtype of acquire resistance to osimertinib in T-790M-positive non-small cell lung cancer.
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Alectinib Superior to Crizotonib for Frontline ALK+ NSCLC in Phase III ALEX Trial
April 10th 2017According to findings from the phase III ALEX trial, alectinib reduced the risk of disease progression or death compared with crizotinib as a frontline treatment for patients with <em>ALK</em>-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
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Novel RAF Inhibitor BGB-283 Active in Multiple Tumor Types
April 6th 2017BGB-283, a novel agent that targets <em>RAS/RAF</em>-mutated tumors, demonstrated activity across a variety of tumor types, according to the results of a preliminary clinical evaluation presented at the 2017 AACR Annual Meeting.
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Five-Year Survival Rate 16% With Nivolumab in NSCLC, Follow-Up Data Shows
April 6th 2017According to 5-year follow-up data from the CA209-003 study, long-term survival in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) has proven to be much higher than expected, with 16% of patients surviving after 5 years.
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Testing Positive Messaging in Smoking Cessation Counseling for Lung Cancer
April 5th 2017Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses an ongoing trial at Yale Cancer Center exploring the use of positive messaging in smoking cessation counseling for lung cancer during the AACR Annual Meeting.
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Lynch Joins Bristol-Myers Squibb as Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
March 9th 2017Thomas J. Lynch Jr, MD, has been appointed the executive vice president and chief scientific officer for Bristol-Myers Squibb, effective March 16, 2017. He will succeed Francis Cuss, MB BChir, who will be retiring from the company. Lynch will simultaneously step down from the Board of Directors at Bristol-Myers Squibb, effective March 15, 2017.
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Surgical Choices for Multifocal Lung Cancer
March 2nd 2017Scott J. Swanson, MD, co-director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and chief surgical officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, discusses surgical choices for patients with multifocal lung cancer.
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