Lung Cancer

Tony S.K. Mok, MD, BMSc, FRCPC, FASCO, provides perspective on the use of tumor treating fields in lung cancer, the use of anti–PD-L1 inhibitors approved in China, and the potential impact of the microbiome on response with immunotherapy.

Expert oncologists discuss important dosing considerations and treatment management strategies for lurbinectedin and other second-line therapy approaches in small-cell lung cancer.

A review of the LAGOON and IMFORTE trials with expert insights regarding the potential clinical implications of current and future study findings.

Deborah B. Doroshow, MD, PhD, discusses the similarities and differences between the efficacy and safety profiles of pralsetinib and selpercatinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring RET fusions.

Erminia Massarelli MD, PhD, MS, discusses efficacy and safety data with the NTRK inhibitors larotrectinib and entrectinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring NTRK fusions.

The safety and efficacy of zipalertinib plus platinum-based chemotherapy will be compared with platinum-based chemotherapy alone in patients with treatment-naïve, locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations in the phase 3 REZILIENT3 trial.

Heather Wakelee, MD, FASCO, discusses the clinical significance of updated data from several key trials evaluating perioperative immunotherapy in early-stage non–small cell lung cancer.

Selpercatinib significantly improved progression-free survival vs platinum-based chemotherapy plus pemetrexed and pembrolizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring RET fusions.

Single-fraction stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy generated overall survival outcomes comparable to those achieved with multifraction SABR in patients with lung oligometastases.

Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, discusses the importance of the Bridging the Gaps in Lung Cancer meeting, and expands on the importance of educating clinicians on how to best implement new developments within lung cancer to address these gaps in care.

A panel of experts share unmet needs and clinical practice pearls for community oncologists regarding the treatment of patients with early-stage NSCLC.

Tina Cascone, MD, Ben Levy, MD, and Sandip Patel, MD, offer insights into the treatment approach in patients with unresectable early-stage NSCLC who are unsuitable for consolidation durvalumab or who progress on consolidation durvalumab.

Solange Peters, MD, PhD, discusses the successes and shortcomings of immunotherapy in patients with lung cancer; current challenges with defining resistance mechanisms to immunotherapy in this disease; and the potential applications of circulating tumor DNA monitoring in the early and metastatic disease settings.

Millie Das, MD, discusses the current landscape of new and emerging ADCs under investigation in small-cell lung cancer and highlights the phase 2 SWOG S1929 study.

Delays in time to treatment initiation may be associated with demographic and socioeconomic disparities, with care coordination, clinical, and socioeconomic factors representing potential predictors of TTI, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study published in JCO Oncology Practice.

Zipalertinib demonstrated promising efficacy as well as an acceptable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with recurrent or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertions.

Shared insight on the early but evolving role of biomarker testing in patients diagnosed with extensive- or limited-stage small cell lung cancer.

Expert oncologists Laurent Greiller, MD, and Christian Grohé, MD, make introductions and review the current paradigm for small cell lung cancer diagnosis and classification.

A panel of expert oncologists present the case of a 78-year-old woman who is treated with lurbinectedin following disease progress on first-line carboplatin, etoposide, and atezolizumab.

Panel experts discuss evolving treatment options for small-cell lung cancer in the second-line setting and beyond.

Tony S.K. Mok, MD, BMSc, FRCPC, FASCO, highlights novel partners and potential new approaches for immunotherapy-based regimens for the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Antibody-drug conjugates represent one of the most exciting areas of ongoing development for the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer.

Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, discusses the updated survival results of the phase 3 ADAURA trial in resectable EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD, discusses potential combination strategies with KRAS G12C inhibitors in advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Deborah B. Doroshow, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy and toxicity profiles of pralsetinib and selpercatinib and how they influence treatment selection for patients with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, and provides insight on several areas of ongoing or potential research in lung cancer.