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Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is a novel oral formulation of two drugs with promising results in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).1 Trifluridine is a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue that, after intracellular phosphorylation, gets incorporated into DNA, causing DNA dysfunction.2 It was first identified by Callahan et al. in 1996 as an active impurity in the herbicide trifluralin, which […]

Jennifer C King, ASCO 2018 – Lung Cancer Alliance supporting unmet needs in NSCLC

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Published Online: Jun 7th 2018

Jennifer C King, PhD, Director of Science and Research at the Lung Cancer Alliance, Washington, DC, talks to us about unmet needs in non-small cell lung cancer and the role Lung Cancer Alliance plays in supporting patients and research.

1. Could you tell us a little about the services provided by the Lung Cancer Alliance? (0:11)

2. Could you give us a brief overview of the areas of research supported by the Lung Cancer Alliance? (1:02)

3. What do you consider the most important unmet needs in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? (1:40)

4. What research advances in NSCLC therapy have excited you most in the last year? (2:45)

5. What do you expect to be the highlights of this year’s ASCO conference? (4:00)

Speaker disclosures: Jennifer C King has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2018, Chicago, IL, US, June 1–5 2018

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