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Feature articles about current research in immunology that has significant impact or impact potential on thoracic oncology.

IMpower133: Finally Moving the Needle in SCLC

By Stephen V. Liu, MD Posted: March 1, 2019 The addition of atezolizumab to standard chemotherapy for extensive-stage SCLC achieved what, for decades, had been beyond...

PD-L1 IHC Blueprint Project” Presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2016

By Erik J. MacLaren, PhD Immunotherapy with anti-PD-L1/PD-1 antibodies is rapidly changing the therapeutic landscape for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, selecting...

Dr. Jamie E. Chaft Discusses Emerging Data on Induction Immunotherapy for NSCLC

Posted: March 1, 2019 In the following interview, Jamie E. Chaft, MD, a medical oncologist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses new data...

Immunotherapy Succeeds in Squamous NSCLC, Establishing a New Frontline Standard of Care

By Kara Nyberg, PhD Posted: August 2018 Treatment advances for metastatic squamous cell carcinoma have long lagged behind those for other NSCLC subtypes, forcing patients with...

Bringing Lung Cancer Screening into Communities: An NHS Pilot Program’s Success

By Richard Booton, MD, PhD, FRCP Posted: April 1, 2019 The symptomatic presentation of lung cancer is typically associated with advanced disease and poor survival. Screening asymptomatic...

Changing Landscape of Front-line Immunotherapy

By Naiyer A. Rizvi The rapid development of anti-PD-1 and PD-L1 antibodies in cancer underscores the tremendous impact they have had on the cancer landscape...

PACIFIC Flooded Us with Optimism. Now What?

By Mirjana Rajer, MD, PhD Posted: April 1, 2019 For many years, the treatment of patients with stage III lung cancer has been a topic of intense...

Update on Checkpoint Inhibitors in Lung Cancer

By Erik J. MacLaren, PhD The growing number of checkpoint inhibitors currently being developed, without question, has ushered in a new era in clinical oncology,...

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A New Paradigm Post-IASLC WCLC...

Posted: February 2017 By Melody Watson The first plenary session on the last day of IASLC WCLC 2016 covered one of the most exciting areas in...

Letter to the Editor: Previously Excluded Patients with Autoimmune Disorders, HIV, and More

Letter to the Editor: Opening Trials to Patients Living with HIV By Armelle Lavolé, AP-HP Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France Posted: August 14, 2019 In response to the...

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