In follow-up data from the phase III ALEX study, an initial treatment Alecensa (alectinib) significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 57 percent (hazard ratio= 0.43, 95 percent CI: 0.32-0.58) compared to crizotinib after two years of follow-up in people with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, as assessed by the investigator.
With NCI Director Anthony Letai in Milan supporting his daughter, Julie, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, Douglas R. Lowy, principal deputy director of NCI, took on the job of delivering detailed remarks and fielding questions at the inaugural meeting of the NCAB’s ad hoc working group on Extramural Research Concepts and Programs.
