Patient Demographics and Baseline Disease Characteristics in MARIPOSA-2

Experts in non–small cell lung cancer met to debate the latest advances and treatment options and the hottest topics in the space.

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

The agency places a partial clinical hold on the phase 3 PRESERVE-003 trial due to varying results between the squamous and nonsquamous NSCLC cohorts.

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

Support for the approval comes from phase 3 LUNAR study findings indicating TTFields significantly prolonged OS compared with standard of care alone.

Patients with non–small cell lung cancer and larger brain metastases may benefit most from the addition of up-front stereotactic radiosurgery to TKIs.