Lung Cancer
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Tivantinib plus erlotinib may benefit high MET expression non–small cell lung cancers
Major findings: Overall survival in patients with high MET expression was 9.3 months with tivantinib plus erlotinib vs. 5.9 months for placebo...
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Nintedanib improves survival in previously treated NSCLC
Major findings: Overall survival was a median of 12.6 months with combination treatment versus 10.3 months with docetaxel alone (HR = 0.83, P = ....
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Immunotherapy induces ‘striking’ responses in non–small cell lung cancer
Major finding: The PD-L1 inhibitor was well tolerated and produced an objective response rate of 23% in heavily pretreated NSCLC patients.Data...
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Alectinib active in ALK-positive, crizotinib-refractory NSCLC
Major finding: Among the 21 patients with brain metastases at baseline, 13 had partial responses to alectinib at varying doses, 6 had stable...
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Adaptive radiation therapy aids control of unresectable NSCLC
Major finding: Overall survival at 2 years for patients treated with FDG-PET adaptive radiation therapy was 51%, compared with 23% for stage-...
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Vaccine extended overall survival in subset of NSCLC patients
Major finding: Median overall survival was 20.3 months in the vaccinated patients versus 17.8 months in those who had received placebo (HR, 0.54;...
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Stereotactic radiotherapy cost effective for early NSCLC
Major finding: A cost-analysis model showed that for patients older than 65 with marginally operable stage I non–small cell lung tumors,...
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Study indicates potential for longer survival after radiosurgery for brain metastases
Major finding: Median overall survival for patients with brain metastases from non–small cell lung cancer was 9.0 months for those treated with...
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Quality-of-life difference may explain poorer survival after high-dose lung irradiation
Major finding: Clinically meaningful declines from baseline lung cancer quality-of-life subscale scores at 3 months were 46% in patients treated...
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Lung cancer diagnosis aided by novel plasma protein
Major finding: IDH1 detection in plasma had a sensitivity and specificity of up to 82.9% and 76.6%, respectively.Data source: Prospective study of...