a new Year: thinking at troubles we had six years ago when we started the adventure of a new @Thoracicsurgery in @HUMANITASCatania. Developing a Team was difficult even putting all ourself at disposal of the others. The best is Now we are #AllTogether at disposal of Our Patients.
A large-scale NSCLC dataset in JTO, a few grounded reminders:
🔹 Scale does not just expand data — it sharpens judgment.
Key observations:
• ~35% of patients harbor actionable genomic alterations
• ~46% in adenocarcinoma, yet present across all histologies
• ~6.5% even in squamous tumors — clinically non-negligible
• ~45% show high TMB (≥10 mut/Mb)
• ~80% of driver-positive tumors exhibit low TMB
Implications:
• Molecular profiling should be routine, not conditional
• Histology alone is an incomplete proxy for biology
• “Low frequency” ≠ “low relevance”
Takeaway: Consistency in testing may matter more than selectivity in assumptions.
https://t.co/Kl2FBZilXU
When I became a #lungcancer advocate in 2001, the 5-year OS was 14%. I'm happy it's now 25%, but OS compared to other cancer⬇️- Imagine if these were your (or loved one) odds!
Urgency, rigor & collaboration are essential for real change & palpable HOPE for ALL pts/families
#LCSM
📢#ASCO23@ASCO set to showcase some innovative #SCLC#LCSM research, hopefully pushing boundaries in this field! 👩🔬🎗️
🫁 Improving outcomes for #SCLC#LCSM is a critical need!
🧭 Current management algorithm for SCLC 👇🏼
➡️ And some interesting #SCLC studies being presented @ASCO #ASCO23 that I am looking forward to! 📢
Editorial @LungCaJournal by Drs. @FCortiula@DrJNaidoo discusses the appeal of neoadjuvant osimertinib for resectable #EGFR NSCLC. With high RR and tolerability and the DFS/OS benefits with ADAURA, periadjuvant osimertinib seems a logical strategy. #LCSM
https://t.co/U39Ov4buuE
This is an important step for our early phase platform CONCORDE study (RT-DDRi combination) ➡️first arm integrating immunotherapy in the sequential CTRT or RT alone setting
@LcsmUk@LeedsCTRU
👏to @AlastairGreyst2 - top recruiter to the study