Tag : NSCLC

The landscape of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is undergoing a rapid transformation. Once defined by the modest survival gains of adjuvant chemotherapy, treatment strategies now extend to immunotherapy and targeted therapies in both adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings.

In an interview with Prof. Dr. Anand Sachithanandan discussed the key gaps in lung cancer management and the nationwide efforts to advance early detection, timely treatment, and equitable surgical care.

In the final OS analysis of the CheckMate 816 trial, neoadjuvant nivolumab + chemotherapy significantly improved OS in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to chemotherapy alone. With median OS not reached in the nivolumab group vs. 73.7 months in the chemotherapy group , these findings underscore the potential of this combination therapy as a new standard of care.

Lorlatinib is a brain-penetrant third-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) which covers a broader ALK resistance profile than second-generation ALK TKIs. It has previously demonstrated improved PFS and IC activity compared to crizotinib in treatment-naïve patients with advanced ALK+ NSCLC in the ongoing randomized phase 3 CROWN study.

Osimertinib is a third-generation, orally administered epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) previously approved for the first-line treatment of EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene occur in up to 40% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), among which exon 20 insertions are the third most common type of mutation and account for up to 12% of EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) cases.