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Experts explore strategies to increase the number of patients benefiting from multidisciplinary team (MDT) collaboration and the factors MDTs consider when deciding between surgical resection and nonsurgical options for early-stage NSCLC.

Specialists examine techniques for assessing pathological complete responses and various methods for response measurement in patients with NSCLC.

Treating cancer with immunotherapies known as an immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) prior to surgery (so-called neoadjuvant immunotherapy) has been a rapidly growing area of research, but the scientific community is just scratching the surface of what is possible, according to a review article co-authored by several current and former investigators from the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Experts examine decision-makers in treatment selection and navigate challenges in organizing multidisciplinary team meetings, from institutional to wider practice perspectives.

A panel of experts review what an effective multidisciplinary approach for NSCLC management looks like and subspecialties included in multidisciplinary teams.

Patients with stage 1–3 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) given a combination immunotherapy prior to surgery (neoadjuvant) had a better major pathological response (10% or less residual cancer) when the cancer was removed than those who took a single immunotherapy agent alone, according to results of a novel multicenter phase 2 NeoCOAST platform trial that included two investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

50 percent is a big deal in any disease, but certainly in a disease like lung cancer, which has typically been very resistant to therapies.

The highly anticipated "Return of the Scorpion" International Pro/Am boxing championship, originally scheduled for May 21 at the National Gymnasium, has been officially postponed due to unexpected difficulties in the travel arrangements for the participants from Colombia.

Guyanese pugilist Alesha Jackman is set to enter the boxing ring on May 21 at the National Gymnasium for the 'Return of the Scorpio' Pro/Am Card.

Immunotherapy treatment with Opdivo before surgery improved recurrence-free survival and overall survival at five years in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.