Medical Oncology

University of Michigan

University of Michigan Tumor Boards

Questions discussed in this category

Do you offer consolidation chemotherapy prior to durvalumab in locally advanced, unresectable NSCLC?

In clinical practice, consolidation chemotherapy is sometimes used, though this was not implemented in the PACIFIC trial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...

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Are you offering durvalumab to patients with Stage III NSCLC with known targeted mutations (ie ALK, EGFR, ROS1, BRAF) after completion of chemoradiation per PACIFIC?

The EGFR subgroup appeared not have benefited as much as other patients in the publication. However, recently it was reported that the PACIFIC study m...

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Would you resume durvalumab after several month hiatus due to IO unrelated medical comorbidities that has since resolved?

If it is still within the 12 month period and no disease recurrence?

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Would you offer upfront osimertinib rather than whole brain irradiation for a patient with stage IV, EGFR exon 19 mutated lung adenocarcinoma who presents with leptomeningeal metastases?

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Would you offer adjuvant chemotherapy to a patient with T3N0M0 NSCLC if the reason for the T3 stage was due to multiple tumor nodules in the same lobe?

All tumors in this case were <2cm in size.

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How would you approach the treatment of resectable NSCLC with a solitary resectable brain metastasis and no other sites of metastasis?

Would you offer adjuvant therapy post resection?

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