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Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine Smilow Cancer Hospital

Articles by Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine Smilow Cancer Hospital

4 KOLs are featured in this series

Key opinion leaders investigate the potential impact of redefining small cell lung cancer (SCLC) as a molecularly heterogeneous malignancy on personalized treatment strategies for SCLC subtypes with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities, while exploring the emerging role of blood-based biomarkers in shaping the evolving treatment landscape for SCLC.

4 KOLs are featured in this series

Key opinion leaders examine the PD-L1 expression and tissue tumor mutational burden (TMB) data from the CASPIAN trial, which evaluated the combination of durvalumab with platinum-etoposide for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC), weighing the potential predictive value of PD-L1 and tissue TMB in assessing progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) outcomes.

4 KOLs are featured in this series

Afshin Dowlati, MD, explores which patients with small cell lung cancer experience the most significant benefit from immunotherapy in both limited and extensive stage disease, while also examining potential clinical or molecular characteristics that could serve as predictors of prolonged survival.

4 KOLs are featured in this series

Tarita O. Thomas, MD, PhD discusses patients with LS-SCLC, and what she would consider to be a reasonable time interval between completion of cCRT to initiation of consolidation therapy with a PD-L1 inhibitor. The panel also discusses the potential for curative-intent immunotherapy with durvalumab for earlier stages of SCLC.

4 KOLs are featured in this series

Panel experts analyze findings from the phase 3 ADRIATIC trial, examining overall and progression-free survival data, exploring the interaction between durvalumab and concurrent chemoradiotherapy within the tumor microenvironment, and evaluating the impact of time intervals from the completion of concurrent chemoradiotherapy to the initiation of consolidation therapy with a PD-L1 inhibitor.

Experts on SCLC

Expert oncologists present the case of a 45-year-old woman with synaptophysin-positive, extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer with a Ki-67 score of 90%, who is treated with carboplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab in the first-line setting, and provide their initial impressions.

Experts on SCLC

A panel of expert oncologists present the case of a 68-year-old man with newly diagnosed, extensive stage small-cell lung cancer and brain metastases, who is treated with carboplatin, etoposide, and durvalumab, and provide their initial impressions.