Authors


Rutika J. Mehta, MD, MPH

Latest:

Dr. Mehta on the Current Treatment Paradigm in HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer

Rutika J. Mehta, MD, MPH, discusses the ​current treatment paradigm in HER2-positive gastric cancer. 


Tracy T. Batchelor, MD, MPH

Latest:

Dr Batchelor on the Rationale for Investigating Tirabrutinib in PCNSL

Tracy T. Batchelor, MD, MPH, discusses the rationale for investigating tirabrutinib for the treatment of patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma.


Susan O’Brien, MD

Latest:

Novel Strategies in Managing Patients With High-Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Key opinion leaders provide their perspective on the optimal management of high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia with novel therapeutic agents.


Amado J. Zurita-Saavedra, MD

Latest:

Dr. Zurita-Saavedra on Augmenting Therapy Earlier in Prostate Cancer Treatment Journey

Amado J. Zurita-Saavedra, MD, discusses the potential benefits of augmenting therapy earlier on in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer.


Virginia Kaklamani, MD

Latest:

Advice For Providers Caring for Patients With HR+/HER2- mBC

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, and Elizabeth Diaz, PA-C, share advice for providers managing patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.


Isabella C. Glitza Oliva, MD, PhD, MS

Latest:

Dr. Glitza Olivia on the Potential Utility of Pembrolizumab/Selinexor in Advanced Melanoma

Isabella C. Glitza Oliva, MD, PhD, MS, discusses ​the potential utility of pembrolizumab in combination with selinexor in advanced melanoma.


Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr Ganesan on the Use of ctDNA Assays For MRD Detection in Cancer Care

Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, discusses the current limitations and advantages of leveraging circulating-tumor DNA to detect minimal residual disease in patients with cancer, as well as how ctDNA assays may address mechanisms of resistance in clinical practice.


Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD

Latest:

Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Looking to the Future

In this seventh episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss the data that are still needed to inform optimal utilization of multicancer early detection tests and their potential cost effectiveness.


Vivek Subbiah, MD

Latest:

Clinical Practice Pearls and the Future of SCLC

The panel shares clinical pearls for community oncologists treating small cell lung cancer.


Conor Killmurray

Latest:

Zanubrutinib May Be Viable Option After Acalabrutinib Intolerance in B-Cell Malignancies

Patients with B-cell malignancies who were intolerant to treatment with acalabrutinib experienced clinically meaningful benefits when treated with zanubrutinib, suggesting zanubrutinib may be a viable treatment option for this population.


Natasha Kwendakwema, MD

Latest:

Dr Kwendakwema on the Effects of Financial Toxicity on Treatment Costs in Patients With Cancer

Natasha Kwendakwema, MD, discusses findings from a study on the effects of adverse financial events on treatment costs at the end of life and health care utilization in patients with cancer.


Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr Giannakis on the Initial Efficacy of CGX1321 With or Without Pembrolizumab in GI Cancers

Marios Giannakis, MD, PhD, discusses preliminary efficacy data from a phase 1 study of CGX1321 with or without pembrolizumab in advanced gastrointestinal tumors.


Ravi Munver, MD

Latest:

Dr. Munver on the Approval of Mitomycin Gel in Urothelial Cancer

Ravi Munver, MD, discusses the approval of mitomycin gel in urothelial cancer.


James K. McCloskey, MD, John Theurer Cancer Center

Latest:

Patient Scenario 2: JAK2 Inhibitors in Myelofibrosis

After reviewing the second patient scenario of myelofibrosis, experts from the John Theurer Cancer Center discuss the use of JAK inhibitors, specifically ruxolitinib, to manage patients in the frontline setting.


Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH

Latest:

Dr Bardia on the Efficacy and Safety of Dato-DXd in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses key efficacy results from the phase 3 TROPION-Breast01 trial of datopotamab deruxtecan in hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.


Shawnta Anakwah, MD

Latest:

The Future of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Management

Drs Sumeet Bhatia and Eric Jonasch highlight unmet needs in advanced renal cell carcinoma and share clinical pearls.


Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Czerniecki on the Benefit of Tucatinib in HER2+ Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases

Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD, discusses the benefit of tucatinib in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and brain metastases.


Domenech Asbun, MD

Latest:

Mapping Progress in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Leveraging New Technology

In this last episode of OncChats: Mapping Progress Made in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery, Horacio J. Asbun, MD, and Domenech Asbun, MD, explain how augmented reality or artificial intelligence may be utilized to improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer who are undergoing surgical procedures.



Michael R. Shafique, MD

Latest:

Dr. Shafique on the Goal of the CLASSICAL-Lung Trial With Pepinemab/Avelumab in NSCLC

Michael R. Shafique, MD, discusses the dose escalation and expansion of pepinemab in the phase 1b/2, single arm, first-in-human, CLASSICAL-Lung study in advanced non-small cell lung cancer.


Neville E. Sanjana, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Sanjana on the Use of Whole-Exome Sequencing to Predict Immunotherapy Response in Advanced Tumors

Neville E. Sanjana, PhD, discusses a study on the predictive utility of the Cancer Immunotherapy Response CLassifiEr in advanced-stage cancers.


Sarah S. Lee, MD

Latest:

Dr. Lee on Treatment Considerations in Smoldering Multiple Myeloma

Sarah S. Lee, MD, discusses treatment considerations in smoldering multiple myeloma.


Monica D. Mead, MD

Latest:

Dr Mead on Unanswered Questions in the Treatment of MCL

Monica D. Mead, MD, discusses the importance of addressing unanswered questions in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma.


Kayla Freeman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Latest:

Closing Thoughts on Evolving Antibody-Drug Conjugate Landscape

The expert panel concludes the program with key takeaways and closing thoughts on the evolving antibody-drug conjugate space.


Brian Gastman, MD, Cleveland Clinic

Latest:

Dr Gastman on Exploratory Biomarker Analysis of the Checkmate76K Trial in Stage IIB/C Melanoma

Brian Gastman, MD, discusses results from a biomarkers analysis of patients with stage IIB/C melanoma in the phase 3 CheckMate76K trial.


Roger B. Cohen, MD

Latest:

Dr. Cohen on Potential With CAR T-Cell Therapy in Medullary Thyroid Cancer

Roger B. Cohen, MD, is a professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and associate director of clinical research at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center. Along with his colleagues at Penn, he is investigating a novel CAR T-cell product as a treatment for adults with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC).


Joseph D. Khoury, MD

Latest:

Dr. Khoury on the Importance of Differentiating Between BPDCN and AML

Joseph D. Khoury, MD, discusses the importance of differentiating between blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm and acute myeloid leukemia.


Vinai Gondi, MD

Latest:

Dr Gondi on Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation With Hippocampal Avoidance in SCLC

Vinai Gondi, MD, discusses efficacy and safety findings from the phase 2/3 NRG-CC003 trial of prophylactic cranial irradiation in patients with small cell lung cancer.


Karim Masrouha, MD

Latest:

Dr. Masrouha on the Challenges of Surgical Removal of Chordoma Tumors

Karim Masrouha, MD, discusses the challenges of surgically removing chordoma tumors.


James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD

Latest:

Dr Yang on the Results of the KEYNOTE-789 Trial in EGFR-mutant NSCLC

James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD, discusses the investigation of pembrolizumab plus pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with TKI-resistant, EGFR-mutant, metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.