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MET Target Excites Treatment Paradigm for Patients With Lung Cancer ResearchTreatments

MET Target Excites Treatment Paradigm for Patients With Lung Cancer

*November 2020* MET mutations can be a resistance mechanism to TKI treatment (Tarceva, Tagrisso, etc.) Roman Perez-Soler, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine (Oncology) and Department of Molecular Pharmacology, and chief of the Department of Medicine Division of Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses how MET mutations have evolved and…
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January 6, 2021
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Growth of Targeted Therapy Requires More Nuanced Treatment Considerations in NSCLC ResearchTreatments

Growth of Targeted Therapy Requires More Nuanced Treatment Considerations in NSCLC

*November 2020* The role of targeted therapy is rapidly expanding in the treatment paradigm of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), said D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, who added that among multiple therapeutic options for common aberrations, such as ALK, ROS1, BRAF, and MET, treatment selection should be based on more than…
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January 6, 2021
MedicalXpress
New study shows SHP2 inhibition overcomes multiple therapeutic-resistance mechanisms in lung cancer ResearchTreatments

New study shows SHP2 inhibition overcomes multiple therapeutic-resistance mechanisms in lung cancer

*September 2020* New preclinical research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. affiliate Navire Pharma, Inc., finds that the novel SHP2 inhibitor IACS-13909 is able to overcome multiple therapeutic-resistance mechanisms in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), suggesting a possible new approach to treating cancers…
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January 6, 2021
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Targeted Therapy Research Booms in Biomarker-Positive NSCLC ResearchTreatments

Targeted Therapy Research Booms in Biomarker-Positive NSCLC

*October 2020* Shirish M. Gadgeel, MD, MBBS, highlights some of the recent targeted therapy advances in NSCLC and how ongoing research is taking the paradigm to the next level. The molecular landscape of non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially with EGFR mutations and acquired resistance, continues to get more complex as preliminary…
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January 6, 2021
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Identifying, Treating Resistance to TKIs Are Next Step in EGFR+ NSCLC ResearchTreatments

Identifying, Treating Resistance to TKIs Are Next Step in EGFR+ NSCLC

*October 2020* Identifying how to best treat patients who develop resistance to EGFR-targeted therapy, especially frontline osimertinib (Tagrisso), is part of the next chapter of research in this molecularly driven non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) arena, explained Christina Baik, MD, MPH.​ “It’s important to understand that there is now another option…
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January 6, 2021
Targeted Radiation Wins for Treating ‘Numerous’ Brain Metastases  ResearchTreatments

Targeted Radiation Wins for Treating ‘Numerous’ Brain Metastases 

*October 2020* — Similar survival and less cognitive decline compared with conventional WBRT Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for cancer patients with four to 15 brain metastases staved off cognitive decline better than conventional whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT), while yielding similar survival outcomes, a randomized trial found. For the primary endpoint of…
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January 6, 2021