Drs. Jack West, Mary Pinder, and Nate Pennell discuss options for managing acquired resistance to EGFR TKIs and ALK inhibitors in patients with advanced NSCLC and a driver mutation.

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Drs. Nate Pennell, Mary Pinder, and Jack West discuss the START trial of L-BLP-25 (tecemotide) immunotherapy in locally advanced NSCLC.

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Drs. Mary Pinder, Nate Pennell, and Jack West discuss developments with selumetinib and other MEK inhibitors as a potential target for the 20-25% of NSCLC patients with a KRAS mutation.

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Drs. Nate Pennell, Mary Pinder, and Jack West discuss an encouraging study of dabrafenib, a BRAF inhibitor, for the limited number of NSCLC patients with a BRAF V600E mutation.

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Dr. Nate Pennell from Cleveland Clinic reviews the LUME Lung-1 trial presented by Reck at ASCO 2013, of Taxotere with or without nintedanib (BIBF-1120), an anti-angiogenic multikinase inhibitor, in advanced NSCLC.

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Dr. Mary Pinder reviews promising studies from ASCO 2013 on second gen. ALK inhibitors LDK-378, CH5424802, and AP26113 in patients with ALK-positive advanced NSCLC, including impressive activity in crizotinib-refractory patients and those with brain mets.

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Drs. Mary Pinder, Nate Pennell, and Jack West discuss promising work on immune checkpoint inhibitors such as MPPL-3280A, an anti-PDL1 immune-based therapy, and anti-PD1 therapy nivolumab, in advanced NSCLC.

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Drs. Mary Pinder, Nate Pennell, and Jack West discuss the results presented at ASCO 2013 of the GALAXY-1 trial of the HSP90 inhibitor ganetespib combined with Taxotere (docetaxel) as second line therapy for advanced NSCLC.

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Drs. Nate Pennell, Mary Pinder, and Jack West review the results presented at ASCO 2013 from the POINTBREAK trial of maintenance therapy with the ECOG 4599 regimen vs. carboplatin/Alimta (pemetrexed)/Avastin (bevacizumab) followed by Alimta/Avastin maint.

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Drs. Nate Pennell, Mary Pinder, and Jack West review the results presented at ASCO 2013 from the PRONOUNCE trial of the ECOG 4599 trial regimen compared with carboplatin/Alimta (pemetrexed) followed by maintenance Alimta. 

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