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Springer is delighted to announce a new memo inOncology SPECIAL ISSUE congress report from this years ASCO and ESMO!
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Expert interviews at ESMO 2019 – Lung Cancer
Filippo de Braud explains what can be achieved with TRK inhibition in TRK-fusion-positive NSCLC, indirectly compares the performance of entrectinib to crizotinib in ROS1-positive disease and shares his opinion on the intracranial activity of entrectinib.
Michael Duruisseaux gives an overview on the role of NRG1 gene fusion in the tumorigenesis of lung cancer, the clinical experience with targeted treatment and the importance of molecular testing with respect to NRG1 fusions.
Stephen Liu on the latest insights in the field of ALK-targeted treatment in lung cancer, a recent update on the clinical evaluation of NRG1-directed therapies, as well as novel molecular targets for lung cancer treatment in the foreseeable future.
Ioannis Metaxas talks about the rationale for the evaluation of lurbinectedin in malignant pleural mesothelioma, the clinical results with lurbinectedin in patients with mesothelioma to date and other areas of lung cancer treatment in which lurbinectedin might prove useful in the future.
Expert interviews at ESMO 2019 – Solid Tumours
Dr. Arkenau discusses combination studies of novel PARP inhibitors with other drugs.
Dr. Lordick on the use of anti-PD-1 and other emerging therapies in gastric and oesophageal cancers.
Dr. Möhler presents novel findings on anti-PD-1 therapies and explains differences regarding the outcome of anti-PD-1 therapies in Asian and Caucasian populations.
Dr. Chowdhury talks about the use of PARP inhibitors in prostate cancer as well as the impact of pamiparib in patients with advanced solid tumors.