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EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and SCLC Transformation ResearchTreatments

EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and SCLC Transformation

*April 2022* Ravi Salgia, MD, medical oncologist, professor, and chair, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, and Arthur & Rosalie Kaplan chair in Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains how treatment with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) in patients with non–small cell…
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Optimizing the Use of Molecular Profiling in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer ResearchTreatments

Optimizing the Use of Molecular Profiling in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

*April 2022* Note: Current guidelines state that molecular testing should be conducted at the time of initial diagnosis as well as tumor progression on targeted therapies. Meghan J. Mooradian, MD: I think an important question that many clinicians are faced with now is whether to use blood-based assays, tissue-based assays,…
Nature Communications
Identification of optimal dosing schedules of dacomitinib and osimertinib for a phase I/II trial in advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer ResearchTreatments

Identification of optimal dosing schedules of dacomitinib and osimertinib for a phase I/II trial in advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

*June 2021* Note: Most research in resistance has been studied in isolation, not accounting for the complexity tumor heterogeneity and the patient heterogeneity. This model was presented at one of the plenary sessions, considers the complex pharmacokinetics and variability of drug concentration in patients, specifically the change in concentrations of multiple…
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Tipifarnib Prevents Emergence of Resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR+ NSCLC ResearchTreatments

Tipifarnib Prevents Emergence of Resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR+ NSCLC

*April 2022* Drug-tolerant “dormant” cells (DTC) have emerged as one of the major non-genetic mechanisms driving resistance to targeted therapy in lung cancer, although the sequence of events leading to entry and exit from dormancy remain poorly described. Here, we performed real-time monitoring of the cell cycle dynamics during the…
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A Phase I Study of Deferoxamine in People with Leptomeningeal Metastasis ResearchTreatments

A Phase I Study of Deferoxamine in People with Leptomeningeal Metastasis

Cancer that has spread from a solid tumor to the membranes lining the brain and spinal cord (leptomeninges) is called “leptomeningeal metastasis.” Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is located between the leptomeninges, in a place called the “intrathecal space.” Cancer cells within the CSF rely on iron for growth and survival. Researchers…