ASCO Annual Meeting

Dr. Paul Chapman, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, on Combining BRAF and MEK Inhibitors for Advanced Melanoma

Dr. Maurie Markman, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, on Primary Care Physician Awareness of Long-Term Chemotherapy Side Effects

Many primary care providers and some oncologists are unaware of the long-term effects of four chemotherapy drugs used to treat two of the most common forms of cancer.

Dr. Andre Goy, from John Theurer Cancer Center, on Crizotinib for Pediatric Patients With ALCL

Targeting the ALK gene with the oral agent crizotinib slowed or eliminated signs of tumor growth in pediatric patients with aggressive forms of neuroblastoma, ALCL, and IMTs.

Dr. Shayma Kazmi, from Cancer Treatment Centers of America, on Olanzapine for Breakthrough Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting

OncLive.com will be on-site at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2011 Annual Meeting Daily Picture Slideshow

Cabozantinib (XL184), a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor, caused the deaths of 6 patients in a phase II clinical trial.

Women who present with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation face an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Dr. Infante from Sarah Cannon Research Institute Talks About BRAF Mutation Testing

Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-positive breast cancer can be treated with trastuzumab (Herceptin) as effectively as PTEN-negative breast cancer

American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011 Annual Meeting Picture Slideshow Day Four

Axitinib demonstrated significantly better progression-free survival (PFS) compared with sorafenib

Luminal A genetic signature in node-negative, estrogen receptor- (ER-) positive breast cancer predicts a very high disease-free survival rate

Lapatinib and capecitabine is a reasonable approach in a well-informed patient with brain metastasis and HER2+ breast cancer

New treatment approaches that improve overall survival for patients with late-stage melanoma spotlighted

3 years of treatment with imatinib (Gleevec) after surgery in patients with high-risk GIST improved overall and recurrence-free survival

Continuation maintenance with pemetrexed (Alimta) improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer

Dr. Wolchok from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Describes the Immunotherapy Ipilimumab

Dr. Kris From Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on the Use of Genetic Testing in Lung Cancer

The combination of the MEK inhibitor GSK212 and the oral BRAF inhibitor GSK436 resulted in anti-tumor activity in patients with advanced melanoma

Dr. Katherine Virgo from the American Cancer Society Discusses Survivorship Care Training & Policies

Dr. Axel Hoos from Bristol Myers-Squib on the Patients That Respond to Ipilimumab

Dr. Paul Chapman from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Describes the Side Effects of Vemurafenib

Apostolia M. Tsimberidou, MD, PhD, from MD Anderson Cancer Center discusses improving cancer care.

Dr. Cella from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine on Patient Assessment Reference Scores

Taking a page from breast cancer treatment, clinicians managing lung cancer patients can now detect mutations that drive the development of lung cancer