David R. Gandara, MD

An otherwise healthy 60-year-old White woman presented with a nonproductive cough. She was was later diagnosed with NSCLC.

David R. Gandara, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, professor, senior advisor to director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health System, discusses results of the ALEX clinical trial, which compared alectinib (Alecensa) versus crizotinib (Xalkori) in patients with ALK+ non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

David R. Gandara, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, and professor, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the combination of CTLA-4 agents with PD-1 and PD-L1 agents for the treatment of lung cancer.