A phase 1 clinical trial of the HER3-directed antibody–drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan shows potential for treating patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC. Read More ›

Study results show no increase in progression-free survival with combination treatment of osimertinib and bevacizumab compared with osimertinib alone for patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma and an EGFR T790M mutation. Read More ›

Patients treated with afatinib for EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often require treatment modifications because of drug toxicities. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a lower dosage of afatinib in patients with EGFRm NSCLC. Read More ›

The open-label, phase 2 VISION study evaluated the efficacy and safety of tepotinib, a highly selective oral MET inhibitor, in patients with advanced NSCLC with MET alterations. Read More ›

Sotorasib, an investigational small-molecule inhibitor of the KRAS p.G12C mutation, demonstrated promising activity and encouraging safety in patients with advanced solid tumors, in particular those with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in the preliminary phase 1 CodeBreaK 100 trial. Read More ›

Lorlatinib (Lorbrena) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and intracranial response rates compared with the former standard of care, crizotinib (Xalkori), as first-line treatment for patients with advanced ALK-positive non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as reported in a planned interim analysis of the CROWN trial. Read More ›

First-line treatment with the high-affinity, highly potent PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo) significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and PD ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on at least 50% of tumor cells. The results of the second preplanned interim analysis of the phase 3 EMPOWER-Lung 1 clinical trial were presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Read More ›

Capmatinib (Tabrecta), a selective inhibitor of the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) receptor, showed significant antitumor activity in patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and gene mutations that lead to MET exon 14 skipping, according to the results of a recently published study. Read More ›

Selpercatinib Shows Durable Responses in Patients with Thyroid Cancer and RET Mutation
Venclexta plus Azacitidine Improves Overall Survival in Patients with AML
Advances in New Therapies Attributed to Reductions in Lung Cancer Mortality
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Vaping devices, also known as e-cigarettes, are the new epidemic among young people in the United States, according to Nancy Sayegh-Rooney, RN, a lung nurse navigator on Staten Island, NY, and a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist who educates students in middle school and high school about the dangers of vaping. Read More ›