Research

*August 2020* Dr. Levy discusses the challenges of targeting KRAS and highlighted some of the investigational agents directed toward KRAS G12C mutations that have emerged in the NSCLC pipeline. For the past 30 years, KRAS was believed to be an undruggable target, which has made the emergence of KRAS G12C inhibitors all…

*August 2020* Joshua Palmer, MD, discusses a pooled analysis of 2 randomized clinical trials that compared how clinical outcomes and quality of life were impacted with stereotactic radiosurgery versus whole-brain radiation therapy in patients with brain metastases. Watch video here.

*August 2020* "Brain metastases harbor distinct clinically actionable genetic alterations compared to their primary tumors and extracranial sites." The use of targeted therapies directed at genetic alterations specific to brain metastases is emerging as a viable precision medicine approach to treating brain metastases that have developed from solid tumors rather…

*September 2020* What are new treatment options for EGFR lung cancer patients? In this segment from our recent Lung Cancer Answers Now program, two lung cancer experts, Dr. Bruce Johnson from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Dr. Alex Spira from Virginia Cancer Specialists explain two studies that provide new treatment options…

*August 2020* Research into mutations in the gene encoding the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) protein has revolutionized non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment in recent years, yet the science supporting targeting of this oncogene is still being elucidated. “It’s such a natural part of management for advanced lung cancer…

*July 2020* Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is a devastating, late-stage complication of various solid tumors and is characterized by the diffuse dissemination of malignant tumor cells into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and leptomeninges. Metastasis to this fluid-filled space can quickly spread to the entire central nervous system, leading to progressive neurological dysfunction…

*July 2020* While individualized oncologic treatments are becoming a common practice, it is necessary to evaluate brain metastases (BM) management in a homogeneous primitive population. In patients with a limited number of BM from NSCLC, SRT is an effective treatment associated with high local control rate, low neurological deterioration, and…

*July 2020* In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Balazs Halmos, MD, MS, director of the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program and director of the Section of Thoracic Medical Oncology for Montefiore Health Systems, and first director of Clinical Cancer Genetics and professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discussed…

*June 2020* The FDA had granted accelerated approval to the anti-cancer agent lurbinectedin (Zepzelca) for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) whose disease has progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. The accelerated approval was granted in light of the positive overall response rate (ORR)…

*June 2020* Note: Capmatinib was approved by the FDA in May 2020 for MET exon 14 skipping mutation. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has approved capmatinib (Tabrecta; formerly INC280) for patients with MET exon 14 skipping (METex14) mutation–positive advanced and/or recurrent unresectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to Novartis, the…