Recent News & Research

*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…

*June 2020* Patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with brain metastases saw similar if not slightly better survival when treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) compared with standard-of-care whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), findings from the FIRE-SCLC study indicated. Read more.

*July 2020* Dr. Roy Herbst addresses this question in a video. Watch it here.