On Nov. 16, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Augtyro (repotrectinib) for people living with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a ROS1 gene mutation. The approval was based on results from [...]
On October 16, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment plan for people receiving Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This approval is based on results from the KEYNOTE-671 (NCT03425643) clinical [...]
On October 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a combination of Braftovi (encorafenib) and Mektovi (binimetinib) for people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a BRAF V600E mutation. BRAF is a less common [...]
Authors: Renee Botello, MSc, Treatment and Trial Navigator; Daniel A. Saez, MSc, Manager of LungMATCH Navigation Program In 2022, the treatment landscape for lung cancer continued to evolve to provide breakthrough treatment options for people living with lung cancer. This [...]
On December 12th, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Krazati (adagrasib) for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (nsclc) where there is a KRAS G12C mutation. This approval is for patients who have received at least one line [...]
A popular way to talk about the incredible progress that has been made in lung cancer treatments over the past few years is to share the statistic that more lung cancer treatments have been approved in the past three [...]
On August 11th, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Enhertu (fam- trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) for treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an activating HER2 mutation for patients who have received one prior line of therapy. [...]
Author: Daniel A. Saez, MSc, Manager of LungMATCH Navigation Program Despite 2021 being another challenging year, we saw treatment options for lung cancer increase by leaps and bounds. In 2021 the treatment landscape for lung cancer evolved to provide breakthrough treatment [...]
Despite 2021 being another challenging year, we saw treatment options for lung cancer increase by leaps and bounds. In 2021 the treatment landscape for lung cancer evolved to provide breakthrough treatment options targeting mutations that were previously unavailable for [...]
On September 15th, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Exkivity (mobocertinib) for treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a change in EGFR called exon 20 insertion. The FDA based their approval on the results [...]