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Clinical strategies for lung cancer management: Recommendations from the Bridging the Gaps Lung Cancer Consensus Conference 2024.

Clinical strategies for lung cancer management: Recommendations from the Bridging the Gaps Lung Cancer Consensus Conference 2024. Cancer Florez, N., Patel, S., Wakelee, H. A., Rotow, J., Shum, E., Sands, J., Salgia, R., Hirsch, F. R., Peters, S., Sabari, J., Husain, H., Bazhenova, L., Massarelli, E., Backhus, L. M., Lee, P., Herbst, R. S., Bestvina, C., Higgins, K., Desai, A., Dietrich, M., Keshava, H. B., Halmos, B., Gandara, D. R., Riess, J. W., Velázquez, A. I., Sibley, A., Shields, M., Sen, T., Kim, E. S. 2025; 131 (17): e70060

Abstract

Clinical practice guidelines for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer include recommendations based on high-level clinical trial evidence, but complex clinical questions are frequently seen in real-world practice that are not clearly answered by prospective trial data. To address these questions, the Bridging the Gaps Lung Cancer Consensus Conference 2024 (BtG LCCC 2024) convened to develop US-focused expert guidance for clinical situations in which level 1 evidence is lacking. At BtG LCCC 2024, a multidisciplinary expert panel discussed ongoing clinical issues in small cell lung cancer management, targeted therapy in EGFR-mutated NSCLC, management of early stage NSCLC, identification and management of non-EGFR oncogene-driven NSCLC, and use of immunotherapy in advanced/metastatic NSCLC. By using a modified Delphi process, 12 consensus recommendations were developed with the goal of providing guidance on the use of novel diagnostic methods and treatments for clinicians who manage lung cancer. This report reviews these areas of consensus and discusses ongoing questions about ways to apply current clinical evidence.

View details for DOI 10.1002/cncr.70060

View details for PubMedID 40856114