LUNG CANCER

Veliparib fell short of meeting the primary endpoint in a phase III non–small cell lung cancer trial and a triple-negative breast cancer trial.

Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, discusses a study that found overgrowth of competing resistance mechanisms, such as an acquired <em>KRAS</em> mutation, underlies a poor prognosis subtype of acquire resistance to osimertinib in T-790M-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Advanced Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Nuances in Treating Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, discusses&nbsp;the ongoing phase III ALEX study, which is exploring alectinib as a first-line treatment option for&nbsp;<em>ALK</em>-positive non&ndash;small cell lung cancer.

Julie R. Brahmer, MD, discusses&nbsp;5-year follow-up data from the CA209-003 study of nivolumab for patients with metastatic non&ndash;small cell lung cancer.

Sukhmani Padda, MD, discusses&nbsp;the status of ongoing trials participating in the race to the frontline in lung cancer.

According to findings from the phase III ALEX trial, alectinib reduced the risk of disease progression or death compared with crizotinib as a frontline treatment for patients with <em>ALK</em>-positive non&ndash;small cell lung cancer.&nbsp;

BGB-283, a novel agent that targets <em>RAS/RAF</em>-mutated tumors, demonstrated activity across a variety of tumor types, according to the results of a preliminary clinical evaluation presented at the 2017 AACR Annual Meeting.

According to 5-year follow-up data&nbsp;from the CA209-003 study, long-term survival in patients with metastatic non&ndash;small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) has proven to be much higher than expected, with 16% of patients surviving after 5 years.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses an ongoing trial at Yale Cancer Center exploring the use of positive messaging in smoking cessation counseling for lung cancer during the AACR Annual Meeting.

The European Union has approved the combination of dabrafenib and trametinib for patients with <em>BRAF</em> V600-positive advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.&nbsp;

Osimertinib (Tagrisso) has been granted a full approval as a treatment for patients with metastatic EGFR T790M mutation-positive non&ndash;small cell lung cancer following prior treatment with an EGFR TKI.