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The second-generation TKI dacomitinib, designed to treat NSCLC, is being evaluated in a clinical trial that will measure the drug’s effectiveness as a first-line treatment.

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, describes a trial comparing crizotinib and chemotherapy in patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, comments on the emergence of immunotherapies for multiple types of cancer including MPDL3280A for non-small cell lung cancer.

Crizotinib demonstrated superiority to chemotherapy for the treatment of previously treated, advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ALK rearrangement in a trial published online by The New England Journal of Medicine.








































