Adjuvant alectinib is a new treatment strategy for resected ALK-positive NSCLC
Alectinib is the first ALK inhibitor to significantly improve DFS in a phase III trial across disease stages
RET inhibitor nearly doubled PFS in RET fusion-positive advanced/metastatic NSCLC
Results from the LIBRETTO-431 trial reinforce the use of selpercatinib as the first-line choice and are likely to widen patient access to treatment
Adding amivantamab to chemotherapy prolongs PFS in untreated EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated advanced NSCLC
The bispecific EGFR/MET-directed monoclonal antibody looks set to become the standard of care in this setting, but toxicity has to be managed carefully
New data support perioperative nivolumab for patients with resectable NSCLC
CheckMate 77T demonstrates significantly improved event-free survival with neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant nivolumab compared with chemotherapy and adjuvant placebo
An ESMO study reveals that poor quality of real-world data from oncology studies is still an issue
Scarcity of prospective data was reported as well as a limited use of real-world evidence as definitive evidence to regulatory approval decisions of targeted therapies in Europe
Updated hallmarks of cancer guide treatment development
Old and emerging traits of cancer provide a common set of principles that may help research shape future progress
First-line pembrolizumab combination significantly improves PFS in HER2-positive metastatic G/GEJ adenocarcinoma
Adding immunotherapy to standard of care shows benefit compared with placebo and is confirmed to be practice-changing for this patient population
Cancer Research
On the horizon of translational research
Tumour agnostic targeted agents and ‘smarter’ dynamic designs are two major areas of interest leading to more patient-centric approaches in cancer care
Early-phase data from targeting HER3 with ADC are encouraging
Some studies presented suggest preliminary activity of patritumab–deruxtecan in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative disease and triple-negative breast cancer
Extended safety information and PROs data support key trial results in metastatic breast cancer
Data presentations from DESTINY-Breast04, DESTINY-Breast02 and EMERALD trials confirm the value of trastuzumab deruxtecan and elacestrant in this setting, despite moderate drop-out rates for PROs