Lung Cancer

Biology-guided radiotherapy involves teamwork across multiple specialists, according to Samantha Bianzon, BSN, RN.

The NCCN has added zongertinib to its guidelines for the care of patients with HER2 (ERBB2)-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Findings from a small cohort of a phase 2b trial demonstrated 2-year OS benefit in patients with pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma treated with OST-HER2.

FDA accelerated approval was given to zongertinib for the treatment of patients with unresectable/metastatic nonsquamous NSCLC with HER2 TKD activating mutations.

Nurses should be familiar with PET scan protocol and what to ask patients with lung and bone cancers before administering biology-guided radiation therapy.

New FDA approvals in July include therapies for NSCLC, relapsed multiple myeloma, liver cancer, and B-cell malignancies.

Oncology nurses can ensure patients with non–small cell lung cancer receive the optimal treatment quickly by understanding comprehensive genomic profiling.

2025 ICE-T Conference presenters explain what nurses and APPs should take into account as immune cell effector therapies become more widely used.

The investigational BET inhibitor is being investigated combined with abemaciclib or cisplatin/etoposide in NUT carcinoma in 2 clinical trials.

Most patients demonstrated at least partial response to tarlatamab in a real-world population with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Panelists discuss how comprehensive patient education about expected adverse effects, combined with prophylactic measures including dexamethasone premedication and dermatologic support, helps patients successfully tolerate amivantamab plus lazertinib therapy while maintaining treatment adherence.

Panelists discuss how real-world experience with amivantamab plus lazertinib has shown remarkable responses consistent with trial data, including effectiveness in challenging cases such as leptomeningeal disease, with manageable adverse effects when proper prophylactic measures and patient education are implemented.

Sunvozertinib has received accelerated approval for use in advanced or metastatic non–small lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

Oncologic therapies approved in June included indications in genitourinary, lung, hematologic, and head and neck cancers.

Anlotinib combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors may benefit patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer treated with prior immunotherapy.

Panelists discuss how both amivantamab plus lazertinib and osimertinib-based regimens show good central nervous system (CNS) activity for patients with baseline brain metastases, with treatment choice influenced more by patient-specific factors such as bleeding risk and anticoagulation contraindications than by CNS efficacy differences.

Panelists discuss how the MARIPOSA study findings demonstrated significant progression-free survival and overall survival benefits with amivantamab plus lazertinib vs osimertinib monotherapy, with mature overall survival data showing a 25% improvement in survival outcomes.

Zirconium-89–labeled BMS-986279 demonstrated tumor uptake in fuc-GM1–positive lesions in patients with ES-SCLC.

The NCCN has added taletrectinib to its recommendations for use in all lines of treatments for non–small cell lung cancer harboring ROS1 mutations.

Panelists discuss how the treatment landscape for EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has evolved to include 3 viable frontline options (osimertinib alone, osimertinib plus chemotherapy, and amivantamab plus lazertinib), with treatment selection based on patient characteristics, preferences, and physician judgment rather than a strict algorithmic approach.

Panelists discuss how a 46-year-old graphic designer with stage IV EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and brain metastases was successfully treated with amivantamab plus lazertinib after weighing multiple frontline treatment options.

Dato-DXd was granted accelerated approval for use in adults with EGFR-mutated NSCLC after EGFR-targeted therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Read Stacey Hield, BSN, RN, OCN's recommendations for the best use of durvalumab in non–small cell lung cancer.

Oncology nurses can play a key role in educating patients and supporting clinical trial participation for this new treatment option.

Nivolumab plus chemotherapy significantly improved OS vs chemo alone in resectable NSCLC, per updated CheckMate-816 findings.

The tyrosine kinase inhibitor taletrectinib has been approved for use in patients with ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

A molecular assay identified patients with non–small cell lung cancer most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy, leading to prolonged survival.

Tarlatamab prolonged both overall and progression-free survival in the treatment of small cell lung cancer, backing it as a second-line standard of care.

COCOON skin care led to fewer or milder dermatologic symptoms with amivantamab/lazertinib vs standard care in patients with EGFR+ advanced NSCLC.

Toxicities related to Teliso-V are manageable for patients with c-Met overexpressing non-small cell lung cancer, according to Jonathan Goldman, MD.