Dr. Jonathan Goldman joins GRACE to explain why carboplatin, pemetrexed and pembrolizumab has become his new go-to regimen for first-line non-squamous NSCLC treatment.
New and first time post. Wife diagnosed nsclc 7/2012 stage 4 ALK mutation. Now 57 never smoker and active exerciser. Full 6 treatments carbo/alimta and 1plus year alimta maintenance. Crizotinib about a year forced to ceritinib due to more than 25 brain mets and balnce issues. also at same time, whole brain radiation in 10/2015 mistake??? Brain mets size reduced and stable as of 6/2016. Was it radiation or ceritinib?? Bone mets in shoulder 2/2016 and palliative rad.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses current trials seeking to determine the efficacy of combining immunotherapy agents in lung cancer.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, raises the question of whether to use immune checkpoint inhibitors as first-line treatment of lung cancer, alone or in combination with chemotherapy.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, defines maintenance therapy in advanced NSCLC and discusses maintenance treatment strategies.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, identifies the best choice for first-line chemotherapy for large-cell neuroendocrine histology.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, reviews the choices for a first-line chemotherapy regimen based on a squamous histology.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, addresses the issue of choosing a first-line chemotherapy regimen based on an adenocarcinoma histology.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses the anti-angiogenic agent bevacizumab (Avastin) and the trial evidence of its efficacy for non-squamous NSCLC.
Dr. Jack West, Swedish Cancer Institute, identifies the platinum-based chemotherapy doublet as the backbone of first-line treatment for the majority of NSCLC patients.
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