November 2018 By Fiona McDonald, Consultant Thoracic Clinical Oncologist The plenary session at WCLC 2018 in Toronto and parallel NEJM publication bring us the eagerly awaited overall survival results from the PACIFIC trial (NCT02125461). This was a randomised double-blind … Read More
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October 2018 By James Spicer, Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine and Consultant in Medical Oncology ALTA1: brigatinib vs crizotinib in ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer The initial results of this comparison of brigatinib with the first generation drug crizotinib were presented … Read More
September 2018 By Dr Matthew Callister, Consultant Respiratory Physician CT screening in Europe took a leap forward this week with the publication of the mortality results from the NELSON screening study. NELSON was a population-based controlled trial that ran in the … Read More
August 2018 By Tom Newsom-Davis, Consultant Oncologist On 26th July 2018 one of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) committees recommended that the immunotherapy drug, Durvalumab, be licensed for use in patients with locally advanced (stage III) lung cancer. Although this does not mean … Read More
ASCO Update 2019 BTOG and Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation Friday 7th June 2019 – 13:00 to 16:00 Wellcome Foundation, Euston Road, London ASCO takes place in Chicago from 31st May to 4th June 2019. Free registration for healthcare professionals. … Read More
BTOG Screening & Early Diagnosis Essential Update 2019 Tuesday 1st October Cavendish Conference Centre 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT Free for healthcare professionals. Details and link to booking form to follow.