Authors


Amishi Desai, MD

Latest:

Dr. Desai on Immunotherapy in Patients With NSCLC and Low PD-L1 Expression

Amishi Desai, MD, assistant professor of medicine at Upstate University Hospital, discusses the use of immunotherapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with PD-L1 expression less than 1%.


Amit Singal, MD, MS

Latest:

Future Directions in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

To close, Dr. Saeed and Dr. Singal share their excitement for the future landscape, emerging agents and treatment strategies for patients with HCC.


Amit Gupta, MD

Latest:

Dr. Gupta on the Role of Surgery in Bladder Cancer

Amit Gupta, MD, urologic oncologist, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses how the use of immunotherapy agents is altering the role of surgery in bladder cancer and the need for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) alternatives.


Amit K. Verma, MD

Latest:

CD19 CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Efficacy in Real-World Setting

Investigators at Montefiore showed that axicabtagene-ciloleucel can be used successfully in ethnically diverse patients with high-risk, relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma at an inner-city hospital.


Amit Mahipal, MBBS

Latest:

Pivotal Trial Results Look to Shake Up HCC Treatment

Hepatocellular cancer, the most common primary liver malignancy, is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally.




Amit Singal, MD, MS, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Latest:

Final Thoughts on the Future of Liver Cancer

A panel of experts lead by Richard S. Finn, MD, provide their final thoughts on the future of advanced unresectable liver cancer.



Amit Singal, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Latest:

Optimizing Precision Medicine in HCC

Takeaways from a discussion on treatment advances in hepatocellular carcinoma.


Amitabh Chak, MD

Latest:

Dr. Chak on Challenges With Screening For Esophageal Cancer

Amitabh Chak, MD, professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, discusses challenges with screening patients for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal cancer.


Amitabh Gulati, MD

Latest:

Update on the Management of Pain in Patients With Advanced Cancer

In the United States in 2010, it was estimated that there were more than 1.5 million new cancer cases and 569,490 deaths from cancer.


Amol K. Narang, MD

Latest:

Dr. Narang Discusses Role of Radiation in Pancreatic Cancer

Amol K. Narang, MD, assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses the role of radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.



Amrita Krishnan, MD

Latest:

Treatment Considerations and Sequencing in Multiple Myeloma

The expert panel concludes their discussion with clinical insights on treatment sequencing and therapeutic decision-making for patients who have relapsed.





Amy B. Heimberger, MD

Latest:

Dr. Heimberger on the Variability of Responses in Glioblastoma

Amy B. Heimberger, MD, discusses the variability of responses in glioblastoma.


Amy D. Tiersten, MD

Latest:

Common Adverse Effects of Anti-HER2 Therapies and Practical Management Recommendations

The benefits of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, lapatinib, and ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) have all been well studied, but each drug also has its own set of complications and toxicities.


Amy Duffield, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Duffield on Implications for Immunotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Amy Duffield, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, member, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, discusses the implications for immunotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.


Amy Karon, MPH

Latest:

Practical Questions on Checkpoint Agents Arise

Despite the promising developments in this arena, many patients with cancer respond inadequately to immune checkpoint monotherapy, and others develop serious (grade 3-4) toxicities that require treatment cessation.


Amy P. Abernethy, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Abernethy Discusses Anamorelin as a Treatment Option for Patients with Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia

Amy P. Abernethy, MD, PhD, associate professor, School of Nursing, director, Duke Center for Learning Health Care, Duke University School of Medicine, discusses anamorelin for the treatment of cancer anorexia-cachexia.


Amy R. Lipson, PhD

Latest:

The Benefits for Nurses of Using Psychosocial Cancer Registry Data

Registries, large databases of patient information collected in a systematic, standardized fashion, most often focus on biologic measures, such as pathology, radiology, and laboratory results, to track incidence and prevalence of disease as well as causative factors.


Amy Robach

Latest:

Amy Robach on Factors Impacting Her Breast Cancer Treatment Decision

Amy Robach, breast cancer survivor and Good Morning America news anchor, describes her diagnosis of a 2 cm tumor in her right breast that appeared isolated on ultrasound and other subsequent scans.


Amy Sebastian-Deutsch, RN, DNP, CNS, APN, AOCNS

Latest:

Oncology Nurse Navigators and Community Health Workers: Building Unique Relationships for Cancer Care, Part II of II

Amy Sebastian-Deutsch describes the potential for a collaborative relationship between Oncology Nurse Navigators and community health workers.



Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD

Latest:

Dr. Acuna-Villaorduna on the Increase of Early-Onset CRC Diagnoses

Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, Heme/Oncology fellow at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the increase of early-onset colorectal cancer, specifically in African-American and Hispanic populations.


Ana M. Gonzalez-Angulo, MD

Latest:

Triple Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer: Current and Future Treatments

Breast cancer is the number one malignancy diagnosed in women in the United States. In 2009, it was estimated that more than 190,000 individuals would be diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 40,000 would die from the disease.


Ana M. Molina, MD

Latest:

Dr. Molina on Information for the Public on Kidney Cancer

Ana M. Molina, M.D. Genitourinary Oncology Service from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, shares information that she feels the public should know about kidney cancer.