In patients with advanced ROS1-positive lung cancer who had not previously received a ROS1-targeted drug, Jideytro also shrank tumors that had spread to the brain in all 10 evaluable patients.
An estimated 70% of patients with stage 3 lung cancer do not see their tumors respond to standard treatment. An expert explains why, and what a new approach aims to change.
Three new studies from WCLC 2026 show strong results in ROS1-positive NSCLC, EGFR-mutant NSCLC and relapsed small cell lung cancer, offering fresh options.
Four of seven patients had no visible cancer on scans in early data from CONVERGE, a trial testing a tumor injection meant to boost radiation in lung cancer.
In the phase 3 DESTINY-Lung04 trial, patients with HER2-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with Enhertu went a median of 14.3 months without their disease worsening, compared with 8.3 months with immunotherapy plus chemotherapy.
In the phase 3 ADAURA trial, 79% of patients who took Tagrisso for three years after lung cancer surgery were alive at eight years, compared with 64% of patients who received a placebo.