Precision Medicine in Oncology®

Geoffrey Oxnard, MD, discusses testing error underlying liquid biopsy discordance, steps clinicians can take to optimize liquid biopsy, and where he sees this evolving in the treatment landscape for patients with cancer.

Toll-like receptors, a group of proteins that are components of innate immunity, are emerging as promising targets in a new wave of immunotherapies under development.

Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, MD, professor of medicine, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the utility of liquid biopsies in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Sayeh Lavasani, MD, MS, discusses the application of gene assays in the management of patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, as well as ongoing research in this space.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the potential role of circulating tumor cells and circulating tumor DNA testing in patients with breast cancer.

The FDA has expanded the approval of the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDX assay, allowing the test to be used as a companion diagnostic to identify more patients with stage III or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer who can undergo first-line treatment with pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

Joyce A. O’Shaughnessy, MD, discusses the clinical implications of the TEXT and SOFT trials for women with premenopausal HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, as well as unanswered questions that remain with adjuvant endocrine therapy.

Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, MD, highlights the implications of the NILE study on clinical practice and sheds light on the potential future utility of liquid biopsies in non–small cell lung cancer.