In this episode of Lung Cancer Considered, host Dr. Stephen Liu leads a discussion on the FDA approval of perioperative nivolumab based on the Phase III CheckMate 77T study. Perioperative therapy has improved outcomes in patients with resectable NSCLC and is emerging as best practice but there is nuance to the delivery of this therapy.
Guest: Dr. Tina Cascone is a Physician-Scientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas and lead author of the CheckMate 77T manuscript in the New England Journal of Medicine
Guest: Dr. Shun Lu is the Chief of Shanghai Lung Cancer Center and Shanghai Chest Hospital and Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He is an executive board member of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology and past chair of Chinese Lung Cancer Association