Authors


Aron Simkins, MD

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Oncology Fellows Derive the Greatest Benefit From Advanced Research Training

Aimed at growing the translational workforce, most hubs offer different accelerated advanced degree opportunities to oncology trainees, such as master’s degrees in clinical and/or translational research, or graduate certificates.


Nitin Ohri, MD

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A Gut Check on the Digital Divide: How Wearable Devices Are Changing Cancer Care

The idea to provide wearable devices to my patients first came to me 6 years ago at a charity spinning event.


Julie Lang, MD

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Dr. Lang on the Potential Applications for the Parsortix® PC1 System in Breast Cancer

Julie Lang, MD, discusses potential applications for the Parsortix® PC1 system in metastatic breast cancer.


Misako Nagasaka, MD, PhD

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Dr Nagasaka on the Efficacy of Repotrectinib in Locally Advanced/Metastatic ROS1+ NSCLC

Misako Nagasaka, MD, discusses key data from the phase 1/2 TRIDENT-1 trial of repotrectinib in patients with ROS1+ non–small cell lung cancer.


Darlene Dobkowski, MA

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Darolutamide Plus Docetaxel/ADT Does Not Increase Hospitalization in mHSPC

Darolutamide plus docetaxel/ADT was associated with a lower rate of hospitalization compared with placebo in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.


Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, MD

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Dr. Mohyuddin on Improving Survival in Multiple Myeloma

Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, MD, discusses improving survival for patients with multiple myeloma.


Jason R. Westin, MD, MS, FACP

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ZUMA-23: A Global, Phase 3, Randomized Controlled Study of Axicabtagene Ciloleucel Versus Standard-of-Care as First-Line Therapy in Patients With High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Jason R. Westin, MD, MS, FACP, reviews the background and study design of ZUMA-23, the first Phase III, randomized controlled study to evaluate CAR T-cell therapy as a first-line regimen in patients with high-risk LBCL.


Carlos del Rio, MD

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Dr. del Rio on Remaining Questions With the COVID-19 Vaccines

Carlos del Rio, MD, discusses remaining questions with the COVID-19 vaccines.


Alba Gonzalez-Junca, PhD

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Dr. Gonzalez-Junca on Combining IL-21 and IL-15 in NK-Cell Therapy

Alba Gonzalez-Junca, PhD, discusses combining IL-21 and IL-15 cytokines in NK-cell thearpy.


Jaffer A. Ajani, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

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KRAS G12C Inhibitors in mCRC

A brief discussion regarding current data and interest in treating appropriate patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with potent KRAS G12C selective inhibitors.


Ryan Nguyen, DO

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Dr. Nguyen on Enrollment Disparities in Pivotal Clinical Trials in Oncology

Ryan Nguyen, DO, discusses enrollment disparities in pivotal clinical trials in oncology.


Navneet Majhail, MD, MS

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Dr. Majhail on the Importance of Utilizing Social Media in Oncology

Navneet Majhail, MD, MS, discusses the importance of utilizing social media in oncology.


Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH

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Dr Parsons on the Correlation Between Liquid Biopsy and HER2 Status in Breast Cancer

Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH, discusses the correlation between liquid biopsy and HER2 status in breast cancer, according to data from a novel epigenomic platform.


Sheila Figel, PhD

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Dr. Figel on Preclinical Research With Survivin Isoforms in Cancer Cells

Sheila Figel, PhD, a neuro-oncologic scientist with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses preclinical research with canonical and noncanonical that are displayed on the surface of cancer cells.



Anil Vachani, MD, MS

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Novel HER2-Targeted Therapies for NSCLC

Closing out their discussion, the panel highlights investigational therapies in NSCLC to look out for.


Samer Al Hadidi

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Getting the Best From Mentorship

Mentors may help in career development, personal matters, research activities, and professional growth.


Aaron Franke, MD

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Dr Franke on Treatment Options for NSCLC Expressing Uncommon EGFR Mutations

Aaron J. Franke, MD, MS, discusses treatment options for patients with uncommon EGFR mutations in non–small cell lung cancer.


Marta Vaz Batista, MD

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Dr Vaz Batista on Treating Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer and Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

Marta Vaz Batista, MD, discusses the efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-positive or HER2-low advanced breast cancer and pathologically confirmed leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, as evaluated in cohort 5 of the phase 2 DEBBRAH study.


Juan Javier-Desloges, MD, MS

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Frontline Therapeutic Planning for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

In this review, authors highlight multidisciplinary treatment for patients with advanced disease, and integrating systemic therapy options with surgery and radiation therapy.


Soo Park, MD

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Dr. Park on the Role of Cemiplimab in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

Soo Park, MD, discusses the role of cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo) in advanced basal cell carcinoma.


Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD

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Dr. Giaconne on the Lack of Funding for Rare Cancers Research

Giuseppe Giaccone, MD, PhD, highlights the difficulties with funding for research focused on rare cancers.


Coral Olazagasti, MD

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Dr Olazagasti on a Case-Based Discussion of ALK-Mutated NSCLC Treatment

Coral Olazagasti, MD, discusses her participation in a case-based discussion at the 21st Annual Winter Lung Cancer Conference®.


Amy DeZern, MD, MHS

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Closing Thoughts on the MDS Treatment Landscape

Following its comprehensive discussion on the treatment of MDS, the expert panel concludes with thoughts on the overall treatment landscape.


Ranjit S. Bindra, MD, PhD

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Dr Bindra on the Role of MGMT Loss on Resistance Mechanisms in Cancer

Ranjit S. Bindra, MD, PhD, discusses a new class of DNA modifiers which selectively target tumor DNA with the goal of overcoming resistance mechanisms across multiple types of cancer.


Mamta Parikh, MD, MS, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Novel Therapy in Urothelial Carcinoma: An Evolving Treatment Landscape

Closing out their discussion on urothelial carcinoma, key opinion leaders share clinical pearls and excitement for the evolving treatment landscape.


Howard M. Ross, MD

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Dr. Ross on the Role of the Microbiome in CRC

Howard M. Ross, MD, discusses the role of the microbiome colorectal cancer.


Mili Arora, MD

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In the Trenches With the Fellows

Mili Arora, MD, talks about changing the fellowship program at UC Davis, the effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on her trainees, and the importance of working late nights with her fellows.


Carl M. Gay, MD, PhD

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SCLC: Future Therapies and Advice to Community Oncologists

Drs Carl M. Gay and Jared Weiss highlight several novel strategies that show promise in optimizing treatment for patients with small cell lung cancer and respond to questions from community oncologists who manage treatment for patients with lung cancer.


Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD, Ulm University

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Novel Treatment Combinations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Dr Brown and Dr Stilgenbauer provide their input on novel treatment options emerging for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.