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Endocrine therapy (ET) has changed the natural history of hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer (BC) and is the cornerstone of the treatment of HR+ BC. There are several ETs approved for the treatment of BC, including selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs; tamoxifen), aromatase inhibitors (AIs; anastrazole, letrozole and exemestane) and selective oestrogen receptor degraders (SERDs; fulvestrant […]

Lyudmila A Bazhenova, WCLC 2021: Challenges of Widespread Immunotherapy

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Published Online: Nov 30th 2021

touchONCOLOGY joins Prof Lyudmila A Bazhenova (University of California San Diego, CA) at WCLC 2021 to discuss the challenges faced when expanding patients receiving immunotherapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

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1. What has been the impact of immunotherapy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? (00:12-00:51)
2. What are the current challenges to the widespread use of immunotherapy? (00:51-02:19)
3. What factors affect the decision to prescribe immunotherapy to a patient with NSCLC? (02:19-02:56)
4. What are the challenges to expanding who gets immunotherapy and how can these be overcome? (02:56-04:09)
5. What further research is needed? (04:09-05:09)

Disclosures: Lyudmila Bazhenova has been an advisory board member for Merck, Daichi Sankyo, Turning Point, Janssen, Novartis, Neuvogen, BMS and Boehringer Ingelheim. She also discloses stock for Epic Sciences.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Sophie Nickelson.

Filmed in coverage of the 2021 WCLC Annual Meeting.

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