Chongrui Xu, MD, PhD, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangzhou, China, discusses current ALK inhibitors for patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There are three generations of ALK inhibitors, where crizotinib is first generation, alectinib and brigatinib are second generation and lorlatinib is third generation. Whilst there have not been any head to head comparisons of the different ALK inhibitors, lorlatinib is generally considered to result in superior survival. This interview took place at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023 in Orlando, FL.

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Bjorn Henning Gronberg, MD, PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, discusses the need to establish a classification system for patients with small cell lung cancer, in order to better personalise treatments. Prof. Gronberg also talks on the difficulty of collecting enough tissue samples from these patients, and the possibility of liquid biopsy being a solution to this problem. This interview took place at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2022 Congress in Paris, France.

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Joshua Sabari, MD, medical oncology fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses recent findings in immunotherapy as potential treatment for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).