Medical management of brain metastases

A Lauko, Y Rauf, MS Ahluwalia - Neuro-Oncology Advances, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The development of brain metastases occurs in 10–20% of all patients with cancer. Brain
metastases portend poor survival and contribute to increased cancer mortality and morbidity …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical utility of reflex ordered testing for molecular biomarkers in lung adenocarcinoma

K Anand, TL Phung, EH Bernicker, PT Cagle… - Clinical Lung Cancer, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction In order to standardize and expedite molecular biomarker testing, we
implemented reflex ordered testing of targeted gene alterations in newly diagnosed lung …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of novel CD74-NRG2α fusion from comprehensive profiling of lung adenocarcinoma in Japanese never or light smokers

S Kohsaka, T Hayashi, M Nagano, T Ueno… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Studies are yet to characterize the differences in molecular profiles of lung
adenocarcinoma (LUAD) among divergent ethnic groups. Herein, we conducted …

Association of ALK rearrangement and risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a prospective cohort study

F Dou, Y Zhang, J Yi, M Zhu, S Zhang, D Zhang… - Thrombosis …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Isolated reports are inconsistent regarding the risk of venous thromboembolism
(VTE) in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearranged non-small cell lung …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization and clinical outcomes in RET-rearranged NSCLC

AC Tan, AOL Seet, GGY Lai, TH Lim, AST Lim… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction RET rearrangements are an emerging targetable oncogenic fusion driver in
NSCLC. However, the natural history of disease and activity of different classes of systemic …

CT-Based Radiomic Signature as a Prognostic Factor in Stage IV ALK-Positive Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Treated With TKI Crizotinib: A Proof-of-Concept Study

H Li, R Zhang, S Wang, M Fang, Y Zhu, Z Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: To identify a computed tomography (CT)-based radiomic signature for predicting
progression-free survival (PFS) in stage IV anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non …

CD30 and ALK combination therapy has high therapeutic potency in RANBP2-ALK-rearranged epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma

AM Fordham, J Xie, AJ Gifford, C Wadham… - British Journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma (eIMS) is characterised by
perinuclear ALK localisation, CD30 expression and early relapse despite crizotinib …

[HTML][HTML] Final overall survival and other efficacy and safety results from ASCEND-3: phase II study of ceritinib in ALKi-naive patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLC

M Nishio, E Felip, S Orlov, K Park, CJ Yu… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction The phase II, single-arm ASCEND-3 study assessed the efficacy and safety of
ceritinib in anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor (ALKi)–naive patients with ALK …

Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Monotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with ALK Rearrangement

Y Oya, H Kuroda, T Nakada, Y Takahashi… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression is a predictor of immune checkpoint
inhibitor (ICI) treatment efficacy. The clinical efficacy of ICIs for non-small-cell lung cancer …

Treatment-and immune-related adverse events of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced lung cancer

J Shao, C Wang, P Ren, Y Jiang, P Tian… - Bioscience …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Abstract Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) emerged as the preferred therapy
in advanced lung cancer, understanding the treatment-and immune-related adverse events …