Lung Cancer

Compared with other standard treatments, untreated patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who also have an EGFR mutation live longer when treated with osimertinib, according to a new study.

The CAPE program provides pertinent patient education, best practice information, and resources to patients at their most relevant time in their journey.

The updated National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC; version 3.2019) is focused on improving patient outcomes with immunotherapy.

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States and has been shown to cause considerable symptom burden in both patients and their caregivers.

Lung and bronchus cancer, the second most common form of cancer, accounts for 13.5% of all new cancer cases in the United States. In 2018 alone, lung cancer was newly diagnosed in 234,030 individuals and accounted for 154,050 deaths. In fact, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men and women, and is responsible for more than 25% of all cancer deaths. The 5-year survival rate for patients whose lung cancer has spread regionally (to regional lymph nodes) is 29.7%, but that survival rate is only 4.7% for patients with distant metastases.

Lung and bronchus cancer is the second most common form of cancer in the United States. In 2018, lung cancer was newly diagnosed in 234,030 individuals, representing 13.5% of all new cancer cases. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality in men and women, accounting for more than 25% of all cancer deaths, which translated to 154,050 deaths in 2018. The relative 5-year survival rate for metastatic lung cancer is only 4.7%.

For the second time this month, the FDA has given an approval to Genentech’s PD-L1 inhibitor, Tecentriq.

The combination of nivolumab plus ipilimumab extended progression-free survival (PFS) versus stan­dard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a high tumor mutational burden (TMB).