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Fred Hirsch, ELCC 2022: Selecting Patients with Newly Diagnosed NSCLC for Biomarker Testing

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Published Online: May 5th 2022

Biomarker testing is important for determining the the best treatment for patients newly diagnosed with NSCLC. touchONCOLOGY spoke to Professor Fred Hirsch (The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, NY, USA) to discuss his presentation at the European Lung Cancer Congress 2022, providing an update on the current state of personalized medicine and molecular testing in lung cancer.

Question: Which NSCLC patients should undergo biomarker testing?

Speaker Disclosure: Fred Hirsch is a member of the advisory board for: Amgen, AstraZeneca/Daiichi,Bristol-Myers, Novartis, NextCure, Novocure, Nectin Therapeutics, Sanofi/Regeneron and OncoCyteSquibb.

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

Filmed in coverage of the European Lung Cancer Congress 2022

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