September 24th 2024
During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Ticiana Leal, MD, discusses combination therapy with nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy for patients with non–small cell lung cancer in the first article of a 2-part series.
6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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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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Sintilimab/Chemotherapy Shows Sustained Survival Benefit in Nonsquamous NSCLC
August 10th 2021A significantly longer overall survival was achieved with the human IgG4 monoclonal antibody sintilimab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer treated in the phase 3 ORIENT-11 clinical trial.
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Roundtable Discussion: Perez Explores Therapeutic Options in RET-Mutated NSCLC
August 8th 2021Molecular testing practices and treatment decisions can vary for patients with non–small cell lung cancer. Cesar A. Perez, MD, and a group of other physicians discussed next steps in care for a patient with non–small cell lung cancer whose molecular test results revealed a RET mutation.
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Addition of Cemiplimab to Platinum-Doublet Chemotherapy Prolongs OS in Advanced NSCLC
August 5th 2021Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with cemiplimab in combination with platinum-doublet chemotherapy saw an improvement in overall survival in comparison with patients who received chemotherapy alone, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 EMPOWER-Lung 3 study.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to BLA for Adjuvant Atezolizumab in PD-L1+ NSCLC
August 3rd 2021The FDA has accepted the supplemental biologics license application submitted for atezolizumab as adjuvant treatment following surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy for people with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors express PD-L1≥1%, as determined by an FDA-approved test and granted it priority review.
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The Impact of Immunotherapy Use in Small Cell Lung Cancer
July 31st 2021During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Roundtable event, Jarushka Naidoo, MB, BCh, MHS. discussed the case of a 73-year-old patient with small cell lung cancer who first presented with shortness of breath, productive cough, chest pain, and fatigue.
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Roundtable Discussion: Gadgeel Leads a Discussion on the Timing for RET-Targeted Therapy in NSCLC
July 25th 2021According to a poll, the majority of physicians would wait for molecular testing on a patient metastatic lung adenocarcinoma. Then, upon diagnosis of RET-mutant non–small cell lung cancer, a group of oncologists explained how they would go about treatment for the patient.
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New Guidelines Divide Recommendations for Driver and Nondriver NSCLC
July 19th 2021In 2017, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Ontario Health-Cancer Care Ontario's non–small cell lung cancer expert panel published a guideline with recommendations for systemic therapy for patients with stage IV NSCLC.
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Taletrectinib For NTRK Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors Now Being Dosed in a Clinical Trial
June 22nd 2021The investigational next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, taletrectinib has been dosed for the first time in a patient with an NTRK fusion-positive solid tumor being treated in a phase 2 study.
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Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Triplet Improves OS in Advanced NSCLC Compared With Chemotherapy Alone
June 21st 2021A frontline regimen nivolumab, ipilimumab, and 2 cycles of chemotherapy yielded an improvement in overall survival versus chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer. The benefit was observed regardless of tumor mutational burden status in the tissue or blood.
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