IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer
Expert Point of View: Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD
Invited discussant of the eXalt3 trial, Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Oncology and Hematology, and Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, and Co-Leader of the Translational Researc...
Ensartinib Doubles Progression-Free Survival in ALK-Positive NSCLC, Phase III Trial Reports
A potent, a next-generation ALK inhibitor has demonstrated promising efficacy in the first-line treatment of patients with advanced ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to data p...
Expert Point of View: Dean A. Fennell, FRCP, PhD
Invited discussant of the CheckMate 743 trial, Dean A. Fennell, FRCP, PhD, Director of the Mesothelioma Research Program and Chair of Thoracic Oncology at The University of Leicester and University Ho...
Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab: New Standard of Care in First-Line Treatment of Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma?
Immunotherapy is taking on yet another highly aggressive cancer and yielding strong results, according to data presented during the 2020 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s World ...
ORIENT-11 Trial Shows Sintilimab Plus Chemotherapy Improves Progression-Free Survival in Advanced NSCLC
The first-line setting for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) now has become more complicated, according to data presented during the 2020 Int...
Marina C. Garassino, MD, on COVID-19 and Thoracic Malignancies: TERAVOLT Registry
Marina C. Garassino, MD, of the Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, discusses the global registry she and her colleagues created to track and address the 35% higher mortality risk from COVID-19 a...
Leora Horn, MD, on NSCLC: Ensartinib vs Crizotinib in ALK–Positive Disease
Leora Horn, MD, of Vanderbilt University, discusses phase III results from the eXalt3 trial, which suggest that ensartinib, a novel, next-generation ALK inhibitor, is superior to crizotinib in terms o...
Misako Nagasaka, MD, on NSCLC: Sintilimab, Pemetrexed, and Platinum as First-Line Therapy
Misako Nagasaka, MD, of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, discusses results of the ORIENT-11 trial, which showed that, although sintilimab plus pemetrexed and platinum significantly improved ...
Paul Baas, MD, PhD, on Mesothelioma: First-Line Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab vs Chemotherapy
Paul Baas, MD, PhD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, discusses results of the CheckMate 743 trial, which suggests nivolumab plus ipilimumab should be considered the new standard of care in first-l...
