Immuno-Oncology

Daniel H. Ahn, DO, internist, Mayo Clinic, discusses advances in neoadjuvant therapies for patients with gastric cancer during the 2017 OncLive State of the Science Summit on Gastrointestinal Malignancies.

David F. McDermott, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses the future of immunotherapies in the treatment of patients with kidney cancer.

Elizabeth Swisher, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses next steps regarding treatments for patients with ovarian cancer.

Multiple ongoing clinical trials are evaluating various immunotherapy strategies for patients with breast cancer, with combinations representing the most potential for future success.

Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, MD, discusses recent developments with immunotherapy in non­-small cell lung cancer and the continued significance of EGFR and ALK inhibitors in the field.

Salah-Eddin Al-Batran, MD, medical oncologist and director at the Institute of Clinical Cancer Research—Frankfurt, Germany, discusses the future of treatment in gastric cancer.

Arlene O. Siefker-Radtke, MD, associate professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, clinical co-leader, Bladder SPORE Executive Committee, discusses why researchers and physicians should reconsider the utility of PD-L1 as a biomarker for patients with bladder cancer.

A supplemental biologics license application for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for previously treated patients with advanced microsatellite instability-high cancer remains under review by the FDA.

The combination of eribulin and pembrolizumab demonstrated promising objective response rates, including a complete response, for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Ian Chau, MD, consultant medical oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses the CheckMate 577 study in resected lower esophageal or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.

Sagar Lonial, MD, professor and chair, Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, chief medical officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discusses updates in multiple myeloma.

Eric Jonasch, MD, speaks on the evolving choices for patients with renal cell carcinoma in the first- and second-line settings, as well as the remaining challenges in the field.

Dmitriy Zamarin, MD, PhD, discusses the current state of immunotherapy in gynecologic cancers and necessary next steps for advancement in these diseases.

Eric Jonasch, MD, professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the advancements in the first- and second-line settings for treating patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Jonasch shared this insight during the 2017 OncLive® State of the Science Summit on Genitourinary Cancers.

Charles Drake, MD, PhD, discusses pairing immunotherapy with chemotherapy, the efficacy of current immunotherapy agents, and the future use of immunotherapy in the treatment of genitourinary cancers.

Thomas Powles, MD, Barts Cancer Institute, discusses the future of durvalumab in the treatment of bladder cancer.

Mark A. Socinski, MD, executive medical director of the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, discusses the type of milestone that immunotherapy has had on the field of lung cancer.

Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD, director of Genitourinary Oncology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and co-director of Columbia’s Cancer Immunotherapy Programs, discusses the side effects associated with immunotherapy in genitourinary cancers.

Joshua Sabari, MD, medical oncology fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the future that immunotherapy has in the field of small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

William L. Redmond, PhD, discusses the early development and characterization of OX40 agonists.

Hans J. Hammers, MD, PhD, discusses early promising data for HyperAcute Renal immunotherapy in renal cell carcinoma and the overall potential for vaccines in the field.

Promising reports of preclinical and early clinical data in 2016 are poised to further boost the development of rational combinations of OX40 agonists with checkpoint immunotherapies, surgical resection, radiotherapy, and even the potential for 3-drug cocktails.

Hans J. Hammers, MD, PhD, associate professor, Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses immunotherapy in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The FDA has granted a priority review to a biologics license application for avelumab for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma whose disease has progressed after platinum-based therapy.

Evidence continues to build for the long-term efficacy of PD-1-targeting immunotherapies in melanoma, including fresh data indicating when patients can stop taking the drugs and still maintain a response.