Treatment Approach for NSCLC with ALK Mutations

Surgeons, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists gathered to discuss treatment options and approaches for NSCLC.

Terence T. Sio, MD, MS, highlights advances such as proton beam radiotherapy that may improve outcomes for those with non–small cell lung cancer.

Favorable recurrence-free survival and overall survival outcomes were not observed in the overall patient cohort receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC.

Richard Lazzaro, MD, discusses how a robot-assisted platform has impacted his thoracic surgery and highlights other potential advancements in the field.

Trials assessing NSCLC and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma were discontinued due to no benefit observed or improvement noted with the primary end points.

The EGFR-MET bispecific antibody amivantamab in combination with chemotherapy yielded a survival benefit compared with chemotherapy alone for EGFR-mutated NSCLC.