Dr. Marina Garassino discusses adjuvant alectinib in resected #ALK NSCLC at #RomeLung24 . Profound benefit and our standard of care even but some questions: what will OS impact be? Should we also give chemotherapy? What impact does variant have? Is 2 years enough?
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Caring for my grandma, a lung cancer patient in the UK, was challenging due to the rarity and cost of prescribed medications.
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FDA approves adjuvant alectinib for ALK+ NSCLC, bolstering post-surgery treatment options #oncology #cancer #cancer research #clinicaltrials #OncWeekly buff.ly/4aUPBxU
.Brendon Stiles giving insightful & thought-provoking discussion on ALINA. DFS survival benefit associated w/ adjuvant alectinib for resected ALK+ stage II-IIIA NSCLC even in pts w/ N0 disease. “will it predict OS?” “Should we give chemo for stage III?” #AATS2024 Montefiore Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
Stephen V Liu, MD Marina Garassino Real world compliance with full dose adjuvant therapies is much lower than in trials
🇬🇧 adjuvant Osimertinib RWE study found dose reduction rate double that of ADAURA
Suspect we might see similar with adjuvant Alectinib?
#FDA approves adjuvant use of #Alectinib (Alecensa) post-tumor resection for tumors ≥4cm or node positive. ALINA trial data shows 76% risk reduction in disease recurrence or death compared to chemo.
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Henning Willers, MD Corinne Faivre-Finn 💙 Indeed
A state of mind and, interestingly, “resectability” seems to differ whether being discussed on the podium at a society meeting vs a local tumor board.
Biniam Kidane has nice threads on this.
Separately, is alectinib available there for the ALK+ tumor?
1/ 🚨 Cancer Treatment Update:
The FDA has recently approved alectinib (Alecensa) as the first adjuvant therapy for #LungCancer patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer post-surgery. A major step forward for high-risk patients. 📄 pcori.me/4ab0RVS
Compensar Supersalud MinSalud Colombia 🇨🇴 Guillermo Jaramillo Gustavo Petro tenemos una situación con el medicamento Alectinib que sirve para el tratamiento de CÁNCER. Llevamos 3 días solicitándolo y nada.El cambio si pero no así, quien responde?
💊 #Medicamentos | Aproximadamente la mitad de los #pacientes con CPNM en estadios iniciales experimentan una recaída de la #enfermedad tras la cirugía
EU Medicines Agency Roche España #cáncer #cáncer depulmón #oncología
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