Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade: a window of opportunity to advance cancer immunotherapy

SL Topalian, PM Forde, LA Emens, M Yarchoan… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Among new treatment approaches for patients with cancer, few have accelerated as quickly
as neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). Neoadjuvant cancer therapy is …

Evolution of systemic therapy for stages I–III non-metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer

JE Chaft, A Rimner, W Weder, CG Azzoli… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
The treatment goal for patients with early-stage lung cancer is cure. Multidisciplinary
discussions of surgical resectability and medical operability determine the modality of …

Overall Survival with Osimertinib in Resected EGFR-Mutated NSCLC

M Tsuboi, RS Herbst, T John, T Kato… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Among patients with resected, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)–
mutated, stage IB to IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), adjuvant osimertinib therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Perioperative nivolumab and chemotherapy in stage III non–small-cell lung cancer

M Provencio, E Nadal… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Approximately 20% of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
receive a diagnosis of stage III disease. There is no current consensus regarding the most …

Alectinib in Resected ALK-Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

YL Wu, R Dziadziuszko, JS Ahn, F Barlesi… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Platinum-based chemotherapy is the recommended adjuvant treatment for
patients with resectable, ALK-positive non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Data on the …

Association between pathologic response and survival after neoadjuvant therapy in lung cancer

JS Deutsch, A Cimino-Mathews, E Thompson… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improves event-free survival (EFS) and
pathologic complete response (0% residual viable tumor (RVT) in primary tumor (PT) and …

Segmentectomy for ground-glass-dominant lung cancer with a tumour diameter of 3 cm or less including ground-glass opacity (JCOG1211): a multicentre, single-arm …

K Aokage, K Suzuki, H Saji, M Wakabayashi… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Although segmentectomy is a widely used surgical procedure, lobectomy is the
standard procedure for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to …

Characterisation and classification of oligometastatic disease: a European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology and European Organisation for Research and …

M Guckenberger, Y Lievens, AB Bouma… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Oligometastatic disease has been proposed as an intermediate state between localised and
systemically metastasised disease. In the absence of randomised phase 3 trials, early …

Blood-based tumor mutational burden as a biomarker for atezolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer: the phase 2 B-F1RST trial

ES Kim, V Velcheti, T Mekhail, C Yun, SM Shagan… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has shown promise in
predicting benefit from PD-L1/PD-1 inhibitors in retrospective studies. Aiming to assess …

Non-small-cell lung cancer in 2022: a review for general practitioners in oncology

H Mithoowani, M Febbraro - Current Oncology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Canada and a significant cause of
morbidity for patients and their loved ones. There have been rapid advances in preventing …