It is an honour to share our Dr Trevor Lawley Wellcome Sanger Institute ONJ Cancer Research Institute work describing a high-resolution microbiome signature for combo immune checkpoint blockade (CICB) response, published today in Nature Medicine! nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Bayer wins FDA breakthrough therapy designation for NSCLC candidate

BAY 2927088 is a reversible (TKI) that selectively inhibits mutant forms of HER2 and EGFR.

pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/bayer-win…

🔥🚨Hot off the press.
Press Release by AstraZeneca.

#LAURA Phase III trial of #Osimertinib vs placebo after chemoradiotherapy
for pts with unresectable stage III #EGFRm non-small cell #LungCancer showed POSITIVE results with significant ⬆️ in #PFS .

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astrazeneca.com/media-centre/p…

Online Now: Immune heterogeneity in small-cell lung cancer and vulnerability to immune checkpoint blockade dlvr.it/T2sDL6

Excited to share this '𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵' published in nature overnight & across the newspapers today.

Joint research between Peter Mac and UniSA.

Read more: petermac.org/about-us/news-…

🌟 NSCLC Drug List 🫁🧬

A month late, but I have compiled a list of NSCLC drugs
for 2024.

Approved and unapproved are excluded.

References are as follows.

NCCN Ver 1. 2024
ESMO Guideline
JLCS Guideline 2023

Georgina & I deeply honoured 2 b named 2024 Australians of the Year! Award shared with all impacted by #melanoma , brain cancer & all cancers & our incredible team Melanoma Institute Australia. Massive thanks also to Katie & our 3 wonderful kids for their love & support on this difficult journey.

Still buzzing after last night’s AusoftheYearAwards award, alongside my Melanoma Institute Australia colleague and friend Professor Richard Scolyer AO . So overwhelmed & humbled by all messages of support, truly appreciated. We share this award with all #melanoma patients, their families, & all #cancer patients

1. Pumped to share that our article “Consolidation Osimertinib versus Durvalumab versus Observation following Concurrent Chemoradiation in Unresectable EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study” is now out in JTO!
jto.org/article/S1556-……

Massive congratulations to Professor Richard Scolyer AO and Professor Georgina Long AO - highly deserved and so inspirational for the oncology community and indeed Australia! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

⭐️New Paper ⭐️

Clinical trials play essential roles in promoting advancement in medicine, and provide great opportunities for many, including in oncology. However, participating in a clinical trial differs from management received in routine care. In this paper, we review:

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Nothing justifies killing over 12,000 children. Nothing. Not self defense. Not human shields. Not a damn thing.

Great to contribute to this excellent piece from ⁦⁩⁦Frances Vinall⁩. My family loved Brooklyn 99 and were saddened to lose such an iconic actor. Andre Braugher died at 61 of lung cancer: What to know about the illness - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

King Charles has appointed a homeopath. Why do the elite put their faith in snake oil? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Last day of lung cancer awareness month. Post-clinic discussion and photo with part of the amazing Peter Mac Cancer Centre oncology team. Missing a few thanks to meetings including Ben Solomon #LCSM

I’m deeply saddened to hear of Mavis Nye Dr (hon) BEM. BCAh’ passing. There’s a lot to say about her contributions to the thoracic cancer space in Kent and the meso field. However, that’s for another day. My deepest and heartfelt condolences to her family esp Ray. BTOG #mesothelioma

Guardian Australia We are a significant region contributing to the national economy through food and food manufacturing, renewable energy, health, education and defence. We deserve facilities able to deliver better health outcomes for our own people, now and into the future..

And that's a wrap of #TOGAPSHIP23
🙏 to preceptees, preceptors, consumer representatives and sponsors for your collaboration and participation to make this event so successful again in 2023!

Annual preceptor selfie from the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia Lung Cancer Preceptorship in Sydney

Making learning about lung cancer fun, funny & hopefully educational
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#TOGAPSHIP23