Lung Cancer

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have yielded modest improvement in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), but have already reshaped the management of this tumor type and helped open the door to the exploration of other, potentially more effective treatment approaches, according to a panel of thoracic oncology experts who discussed the treatment horizon for SCLC in a recent OncLive Peer Exchange® panel.

Ashish Saxena, MD, PhD, discusses the future of next-generation ALK inhibitors in non–small cell lung cancer.

Ashish Saxena, MD, PhD, discusses available next-generation ALK inhibitors in non–small cell lung cancer.

Julia Rotow, MD, discusses remaining questions with brigatinib in ALK-positive non­–small cell lung cancer.

Julia Rotow, MD, discusses the implications of next-generation ALK inhibitors in non–small cell lung cancer.

Julia Rotow, MD, discusses the utility of brigatinib versus crizotinib for the first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive non

Alexander Drilon, MD, discusses the utility of brigatinib in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, discusses the results of the randomized phase III ALTA-1L trial in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Although PD-L1 expression is the most established yardstick of response to immune checkpoint immunotherapy, its clinical utility as a biomarker remains an enigma further complicated by the variety of assays and algorithms for measuring it.

Justin F. Gainor, MD, discusses a neoadjuvant use of biomarkers in nonmetastatic lung cancer.

The FDA has scheduled an Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee hearing for February 26, 2020, to discuss data supporting a supplemental biologics license application for intravenous ramucirumab injection for use in combination with erlotinib in the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor EGFR Ex19del or Ex21 substitution mutations.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a new drug application for selpercatinib (LOXO-292) for the treatment of patients with advanced RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer, and RET fusion–positive thyroid cancer.

Lecia V. Sequist, MD, MPH, and Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, give their input on how they approach cases that are often encountered in clinic.

Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, discusses immunotherapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC.

Joshua Bauml, MD, discusses the utility of liquid biopsy in metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

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

To spare patients from surgery or other unnecessary procedures, Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care developed an advanced method of bronchoscopy that provides peace of mind for individuals with lung nodules. The minimally invasive bronchoscopy provides a very safe method of biopsy, importantly at very early stages when the nodules are relatively small.

Ashish Saxena, MD, PhD, discusses the importance of initial therapy selection in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Alexander Drilon, MD, discusses the potential utility of immunotherapy in ALK fusion-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will not recommend osimertinib as a frontline treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, discusses the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, discusses the importance of molecular testing in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

The anti–PD-1 agent tislelizumab (BGB-A317) in combination with chemotherapy improved progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced squamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Therapeutic developments in cancer were rewarded with a wave of approvals in 2019.

Julia Rotow, MD, discusses updated data from the phase III ALEX trial in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.