Highlights from ESMO 2019
For the second time this year, LungCancer.Med headed to Barcelona for the Annual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting. Written by Christine Clark
For the second time this year, LungCancer.Med headed to Barcelona for the Annual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) meeting. Written by Christine Clark
Developing CAR-T cells that are effective in solid tumours is challenging but experience in Hodgkin Lymphoma could pave the way for CAR-T cells in lung cancer. Bi-specific T-cell… read more.
Tumours use a variety of mechanisms to escape the host immune system and overcoming these to increase response rates and improve quality of life are key goals. Manipulation… read more.
Targeted treatments for mutation-driven non-small cell lung cancer have advanced considerably but many questions remain about how to use these drugs to the best advantage and how to… read more.
Immunotherapy has been hailed as a “game changer” in the treatment of lung cancer. As experience and understanding grows, optimal ways of delivering this type of treatment are… read more.
Immunotherapy now has an established place in treatment of non-small cell lung cancer but many questions remain such as the role of tumour mutational burden as a biomarker… read more.
The IASLC WCLC meeting, held in Barcelona this year, covered many interesting topics and reported data from clinical trials relevant to the management of lung cancer. In the… read more.
Professor Bob Steele CBE (Dundee, UK) discusses the potential implementation of a National Screening Programme in the UK, and the view post-NELSON, as well as highlighting the next steps in… read more.
The use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC is now well-established. Professor Ross Camidge (University of Colorado Cancer Centre, Denver, USA) described the lessons that… read more.
Dr Fiona McDonald (London, UK) discusses radical treatment for oligo metastatic NSCLC and if it should be the standard of care and Professor James Spicer (London, UK), the session Chair, gives… read more.
Professor Ahmed gives an overview of one of the sessions in the BTOG Translational Oncology Symposium.
Correvio Pharma has resubmitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA seeking approval for Brinavess (vernakalant hydrochloride, IV), its antiarrhythmic drug for the rapid conversion of adult patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF).