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Cancer Treat Res Commun2026;48101351.August 6, 2026Journal Article

Beyond the clinical trial: Real-world treatment patterns and drivers of PD-(L)1 therapy use in first-line metastatic NSCLC.

Siobhan Halloran1, Salman R Punekar2, Mark Guinter3, Kelly Magee4, Michael S Ondovik5, J E Hamer-Maansson6, Mark J Cornfeld7, Doaa Ayoubi8, Mihaela C Munteanu9, Kim Saverno10
1Flatiron Health, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10013, USA. Electronic address: siobhan.halloran@flatiron.com.
2NYU Langone Health, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA. Electronic address: salman.punekar@nyulangone.org.
3Flatiron Health, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10013, USA. Electronic address: mark.guinter@flatiron.com.
4Flatiron Health, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY, 10013, USA. Electronic address: kelly.magee@flatiron.com.
5Incyte Corporation, 1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA. Electronic address: mondovik@incyte.com.
6Incyte Corporation, 1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA. Electronic address: jhamermaansson@incyte.com.
7Incyte Corporation, 1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA. Electronic address: mcornfeld@incyte.com.
8NYU Langone Health, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA. Electronic address: doaa.ayoubi@nyulangone.org.
9Incyte Corporation, 1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA. Electronic address: mmunteanu@incyte.com.
10Incyte Corporation, 1815 Augustine Cut Off, Wilmington, DE, 19803, USA. Electronic address: ksaverno@incyte.com.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Immunotherapies have improved survival in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC), yet a substantial fraction of eligible patients remain untreated with immunotherapy in routine clinical practice. This study examined treatment patterns and factors associated with receipt of non-immunotherapy-containing first-line (1L) regimens among patients with mNSCLC not eligibl…

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