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The findings, recently published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, suggested that patients with ALK rearrangements may benefit from prophylactic anticoagulation, and venous thromboembolism risk prediction scores may improve if ALK rearrangement status is incorporated.

The approval of capmatinib and its companion diagnostic is the first of its kind for this specific diagnosis, using next-generation sequencing to perform comprehensive genomic profiling of solid tumors. It now has FDA approval for 21 different agents.

According to the results of a single-arm, multicenter phase 2 trial in JAMA Oncology, low-dose erlotinib may be a safe and effective option for frail or elderly patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC.

Based on monotherapy data from an open-label, multi-center, single-arm study of 105 adults with platinum-sensitive and platinum-resistant SCLC that progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy, the FDA granted accelerated approval to lurbinectedin (Zepzelca; Jazz Pharmaceuticals and PharmaMar).

On May 31, 2020, at the virtual scientific program of the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Plenary Sessions, late-breaking data dropped for three potentially practice-changing studies: JAVELIN Bladder 100, KEYNOTE-177, and ADAURA.

Based on the results of an open-label trial, selpercatinib (Retevmo) becomes the first targeted therapy to be granted accelerated approval by the FDA for use in patients with cancer who have certain tumors that have an alteration (mutation or fusion) in the RET gene.