November 14th 2024
A new BLA for datopotamab deruxtecan aims for FDA accelerated approval to treat EGFR-mutated NSCLC based on data from multiple TROPION trials, following FDA feedback.
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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Pembrolizumab Receives Priority Review From FDA for NSCLC
September 8th 2016Merck, the manufacturer of pembrolizumab (Keytruda), has announced the FDA has granted priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for the PD-1 inhibitor as a first-line treatment for patients with PD-L1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Brigatinib Submitted to FDA to Treat ALK-Positive NSCLC
August 30th 2016A new drug application (NDA) has been submitted for brigatinib (AP26113) as a potential treatment for patients with advanced ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following resistance or intolerance to crizotinib (Xalkori).
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Rising Risk for Leptomeningeal Metastases in NSCLC Patients with EGFR Mutations
August 18th 2016Leptomeningeal metastases are more common in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who harbor <em>EGFR </em>mutations. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors were found to be the optimal treatment method for these patients, especially if they have not yet received a TKI treatment.
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TKIs Competing for Frontline Therapy in ALK+ NSCLC
July 25th 2016Deciding the sequencing order of therapies for patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a challenge, as new information on next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) comes to light, says Robert Doebele, MD, PhD. Testing for ALK translocations can help to determine which therapies NSCLC patients should be receiving, but questions regarding the sequencing of ALK inhibitors still remain.
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Suggestion of Survival Benefit Persists with mTOR Inhibitor in Subset of NETs
June 18th 2016Patients with nonfunctioning neuroendocrine tumors of gastrointestinal or lung origin continued to live longer when treated with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor everolimus than with placebo, ongoing follow-up in a randomized trial showed.
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Plasma Tests Can Complement Tissue Assays in Screening for Drug Resistance Mutation
June 10th 2016Plasma and urine tests are often a reliable method for the detection of the T790M mutation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), according to an oral presentation given Monday at the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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Novel TKI Examined in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients with HER2 Mutation
June 8th 2016Neratinib, an experimental TKI being developed for breast cancer, achieved a 36% clinical benefit rate in a phase II trial, according to a poster presented June 5, 2016 at the ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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Third-Generation EGFR TKI Shows Preliminary Efficacy for Leptomeningeal Disease in NSCLC
June 8th 2016The third-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) osimertinib (Tagrisso) demonstrated promising activity in a phase I study of heavily pretreated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and leptomeningeal disease who harbor activating EGFR mutations.
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Sustained Survival Shown in Updated Nivolumab Results in NSCLC
June 7th 2016Updated findings from the phase III CheckMate-057 and -017 trials showed sustained improvements in overall survival (OS) data of nivolumab (Opdivo) treatment in pretreated patients with nonsquamous or squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Brain Metastases Do Not Influence Outcome in Patients with Mutated NSCLC
June 6th 2016The number of brain metastases does not have an impact on overall survival (OS) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an EGFR mutation or ALK rearrangement, Cleveland Clinic investigators discovered.
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Differences Between CDK4&6 Inhibitors Predict Future Approaches
May 28th 2016Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 inhibitors are a promising class of anticancer agents that may present effective alternatives to standard therapy for women with advanced, refractory, or relapsed hormone receptor (HR)‒positive breast cancer.
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