Jeff Yorio, MD, medical oncologist, Texas Oncology, discusses treatment options for patients with rare mutations in metastatic lung cancer.

The identification of rare molecular aberrations in metastatic lung cancer has increased the utility of up-front genetic testing, explains Yorio. Moreover, targeted therapy may be an option for patients with specific mutations.

Clinical trials may be an alternative for patients with an alteration for which there is no available treatment strategy; however, it can be difficult to enroll patients with rare alterations like 

 exon 14 skipping mutations in large clinical studies, says Yorio.

Pooling patients with a rare abnormality is important to demonstrate the efficacy of an investigational drug and develop more efficient models to treat patients with potentially actionable mutations, concludes Yorio.

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Jeff Yorio, MD, discusses treatment options for patients with rare mutations in metastatic lung cancer.

Dr. Yorio on Treatment Options for Patients With Rare Mutations in Metastatic Lung Cancer

Jeff Yorio, MD, medical oncologist, Texas Oncology, discusses the search for biomarkers and using next-generation sequencing (NGS) in metastatic lung cancer.

For patients diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, it is now standard of care to perform NGS with tissue, explains Yorio. Biomarkers in lung cancer have expanded beyond 

 exon 14 skipping, and more with research continuing to search for other subgroups of patients with distinct biomarkers.

NGS assists in creating personalized treatment plans for patients, especially as new therapies are developed to treat patients with certain biomarkers, says Yorio. Even though all the patients are diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, they may require different paths of treatment depending on any biomarkers that are present. Additionally, NGS panels are more effective than single mutational tests because it searches for multiple biomarkers, allowing for less tissue to be used, concludes Yorio.

Jeff Yorio, MD, discusses the search for biomarkers and using next-generation sequencing in metastatic lung cancer.

Dr. Yorio on Searching for Biomarkers in Metastatic Lung Cancer

Jeff Yorio, MD, medical oncologist, Texas Oncology, discusses a small phase II study that is looking at using ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1; Kadcyla) to treat patients with 

Patients involved in the study were heavily pretreated with traditional treatments for metastatic lung cancer, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The partial response rate to ado-trastuzumab emtansine in this study was 44% and stable disease was observed in 39% of patients.

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine is not yet approved for use in lung cancer; however, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network is recommending the drug for 

-mutant patients with metastatic lung cancer.

Jeff Yorio, MD, discusses a small phase II study that is looking at using ado-trastuzumab emtansine to treat patients with HER2-mutant metastatic lung cancer.

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