Expert Interviews

Panelists discuss the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for first-line treatment of EGFR-mutant metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), emphasizing the recommended therapies and best practices for patient management.

Panelists discuss how minimal residual disease (MRD) testing in colorectal cancer (CRC) is facilitating the development of chemo-sparing strategies while maintaining effective control of residual disease.

Heather Zinkin, MD, states that reflexology improved pain from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.

Panelists discuss other adverse events associated with amivantamab and lazertinib beyond infusion-related reactions.

Panelists discuss how minimal residual disease (MRD) detection in colorectal cancer (CRC) is improving postsurgical treatment decision-making and enabling more effective monitoring of patient outcomes.

A prospective trial may help affirm ctDNA as a non-invasive option of predicting responses to radiotherapy among those with gynecologic cancers.

Interest in novel therapies to improve outcomes initiated an investigation of the use of immunotherapy in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Following a comprehensive debate on the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer, Edward Kim, MD, presents the winning team with the title of victors of this CancerNetwork® Face-Off event.

Continuing discussion on the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC, Sandip P. Patel, MD, discusses the role of EGFR TKIs without chemotherapy.

Focusing on data from the FLAURA2 study, Erminia Massarelli, MD, PhD, MS, outlines the role of EGFR TKI plus chemotherapy for patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC.

Teams from University of California San Diego and City of Hope debate whether neoadjuvant therapies will replace surgery plus adjuvant treatment for patients with resectable NSCLC.

Karen M. Yun, MD, discusses the role for neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Ramya Muddasani, DO, MS, leads a discussion on the treatment of a patient with metastatic NSCLC with a KRAS G12C mutation, highlighting the utilization of sotorasib and the CodeBreaK 100 trial.

Sandip P. Patel, MD, reviews the case of a patient with PD-L1–negative NSCLC and discusses treatment practices.

Ramya Muddasani, DO, MS, presents the case of a patient with EGFR-mutated NSCLC following osimertinib treatment and shares insights gleaned from the INSIGHT 2 trial.

Initiating a conversation on patient cases, Karen Yun, MD, presents the profile of a patient with metastatic ROS1 fusion-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Jyoti Malhotra, MD, MPH, reviews data from the phase III POSEIDON study evaluating durvalumab with or without tremelimumab in combination with chemotherapy as first-line therapy for patients with metastatic NSCLC.

Amanda Herrmann, MD, discusses findings from the 5-year update from CheckMate-9LA investigating nivolumab, ipilimumab, and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic NSCLC.

Karen Yun, MD, opens the discussion by presenting data from the ALTA-1L and BRIGHTSTAR studies on advanced ALK-rearranged non–small cell lung cancer.

Erminia Massarelli, MD, PhD, MS, presents 5-year progression-free survival and safety data from the CROWN study comparing lorlatinib with crizotinib in treatment-naïve patients with advanced ALK+ NSCLC.