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Coping With Cancer

Sometimes I Feel Frustrated

*October 2023* by Juanita Segura Living with lung cancer is rough. Many look at me and tell me, “Juanita, you look so good,” or “You look so well.” But they don’t know what I’m going through mentally. Yes, we try to stay positive and do positive things, but that’s a chore…
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December 24, 2023
Dr Christine Bestvina
ResearchStories

Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Christine Bestvina

*November 2023* This month, we are honored to feature Dr. Christine Bestvina, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, specializing in thoracic oncology. Dr. Bestvina has been connected with the EGFR Resisters since she was a fellow at University of Chicago! She participated in the first…
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December 24, 2023
lungevity
FundingResearch

Drs. Susumu Kobayashi and Alexandre Reuben Announced as Recipients of EGFR Resisters/LUNGevity Research Award

*November 2023* WASHINGTON, DC (November 1, 2023) – LUNGevity Foundation, the nation’s leading lung cancer-focused nonprofit organization, is thrilled to announce the recipients of the EGFR Resisters/LUNGevity Research Award for EGFR-Positive Lung Cancer. EGFR Resisters, a vibrant patient-led community advocating for improved treatment options for patients with EGFR-positive lung cancer,…
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December 24, 2023
PR Newswire
ResearchTreatments

Landmark Phase 3 MARIPOSA Study Meets Primary Endpoint Resulting in Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Progression-Free Survival for RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw) plus Lazertinib Versus Osimertinib in Patients with EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

*September 2023* RARITAN, N.J., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced positive topline results from the Phase 3 MARIPOSA study evaluating RYBREVANT® (amivantamab-vmjw), a bispecific antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET), in combination with lazertinib, an oral third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase…
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December 24, 2023
OBR Oncology
ResearchTreatments

Are New NSCLC Findings Practice Changing, or Is PFS Boost Not Enough?

*October 2023* Findings from the FLAURA2 study, presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer, showed that chemotherapy added to osimertinib in the first-line setting significantly increased progression-free survival (PFS) among patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, without data…
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December 24, 2023
MEDPAGE TODAY
ResearchTreatments

Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugate Shows Efficacy in Advanced EGFR-Mutated NSCLC

*September 2023* SINGAPORE -- Treatment with the novel antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) after progression with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and platinum-based chemotherapy resulted in "clinically meaningful and durable efficacy" in patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to the phase II HERTHENA-Lung01 trial. Among the…
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December 24, 2023