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The Role of Companion Diagnostic Testing in Payer Decision Making

March 18th 2013

Companion diagnostics can enable significant improvements in safety, efficacy, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness associated with many existing and new therapies.

Novel Compound LDK378 Receives Breakthrough Designation for ALK+ NSCLC

March 15th 2013

The compound LDK378, a highly selective inhibitor of ALK, has been granted "Breakthrough Therapy Designation" by the FDA for the treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Lymphoseek Approved to Help Detect Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer and Melanoma

March 13th 2013

The FDA approved the radioactive diagnostic imaging agent technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept (Lymphoseek Injection) to identify lymph nodes for potential removal in patients with breast cancer or melanoma.

Dr. Antonarakis on Sequencing ADT and Sipuleucel-T

March 7th 2013

Emmanuel Stylianos Antonarakis, MBBCh, from the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a phase II trial evaluating the optimal sequence for sipuleucel-T and ADT in patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer.

Sequestration Takes Effect, Imposes Major Cuts to Cancer Research and Care

March 2nd 2013

Two months after temporarily delaying a package of budget cuts and tax increases, federal lawmakers allowed the changes to automatically take effect by failing to agree on an alternative plan.

Dr. Vogelzang on Sequencing Abiraterone and Enzalutamide

March 1st 2013

Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD, from Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, discusses sequencing abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide in the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Regorafenib Approved to Treat GIST

February 25th 2013

The FDA approved regorafenib for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors that cannot be removed surgically and no longer respond to other FDA-approved treatments for the disease.

T-DM1 Approved for HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer

February 22nd 2013

The FDA has approved ado-trastuzumab emtansine, also known as T-DM1, for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

The Cost-Effectiveness of Targeted Therapies in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Impact of EGFR Mutations on Treatment Decisions in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Access to Molecular Testing Therapy in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Personalizing the Treatment of Lung Cancer

February 13th 2013

Promising Emerging Classes of Therapies in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Molecular Heterogeneity in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

February 13th 2013

Selecting Treatment for First- Line Non-Squamous NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Selecting a Laboratory for Molecular Testing in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Rebiopsying and Molecular Testing in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Molecular Testing and Actionable Targets in NSCLC

February 13th 2013

Best Practices in NSCLC Molecular Testing, Part II

February 13th 2013

Concurrent Versus Sequential Testing in NSCLC

February 13th 2013