Michèle Beau-Faller, MD, PhD, on NSCLC: Biomarker Findings From the French Cooperative Thoracic Intergroup
2017 ESMO Congress
Michèle Beau-Faller, MD, PhD, of the Hôpital de Hautepierre & Institut Régional du Cancer, discusses study results on ultrasensitive detection of EGFR T790M mutation by droplet digital PCR in TKI naïve non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation (Abstract 85PD).
Simone Koole, MD (and a PhD candidate), of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, discusses phase III findings on health-related quality of life after hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for stage III ovarian cancer.
Domenica Lorusso, MD, PhD, of the National Cancer Institute of Milan, discusses neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery vs concurrent cisplatin and radiation therapy in patients with stage IB2 to IIB squamous carcinoma of the cervix (Abstract 928O_PR).
Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, offers expert perspectives on the role of PARP inhibitors in treating triple-negative breast cancer.
Bernard J. Escudier, MD, of Gustave Roussy, offers a roundup of the important papers on renal cell cancer presented at this year's ESMO Congress.
Cora N. Sternberg, MD, of the San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, summarizes a session on the STAMPEDE and LATITUDE trials, as well as a third trial on docetaxel with androgen suppression for localized prostate cancer patients who relapsed after radical prostatectomy and/or radiotherapy (Abstracts LBA31, 783O, 784O).