Drug de-escalation in lung cancer: are we nearly there yet?
While strategies for drug de-escalation continue to be actively pursued, some challenges including insufficient funding of research still limit their applicability
Subcutaneous pembrolizumab demonstrates noninferiority to intravenous administration
Phase III data in metastatic NSCLC support an alternative route of administering immunotherapy, which may have an impact on patients’ preferences and cancer care costs
Novel ways presented to mitigate combination therapy toxicity in EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC
Results from the ETOP AMAZE-lung and COCOON trials show some promise to improve safety and reduce skin adverse events
Targeting KRAS G12C in NSCLC: balancing the benefit–risk profile of first-line combinations is still challenging
Studies evaluate the efficacy and safety of promising agents including adagrasib and fulzerasib
Promising activity reported with second-line TKIs in oncogene-addicted advanced NSCLC
Results from two trials could expand current options for patients with EGFR or HER2-activating mutations progressing on tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Is it time for pathologists to take a more active role in lung cancer?
According to Heine H. Hansen Award winner, Prof. Keith Kerr, pathologists can help translate scientific understanding into clinical practice
First-line combination of an antibody–drug conjugate plus immunotherapy shows promise in non-small cell lung cancer
In the TROPION-Lung04 study, no new safety signals were observed with datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab in patients with untreated advanced disease
Long-term follow up data confirms the benefits of perioperative pembrolizumab in early-stage NSCLC
In the KEYNOTE-671, improvements in event-free survival and overall survival were observed after four years of follow up
Tiragolumab plus atezolizumab failed to improve overall survival in advanced non-squamous NSCLC
The reduced efficacy compared to the first-line standard of care led to the termination of the SKYSCRAPER-06 study
Mixed results for additional immunotherapy to standard care in stage III NSCLC
Different combinations of immunotherapy agent and radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy were tested in some patient populations in two studies