PER® Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium (CFS)

Joshua Brody, MD, discusses key follow-up data from the phase 3 ECHELON-1 trial in classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Stephen V. Liu, MD, discusses efforts to develop atezolizumab-based combination therapies for patients with small cell lung cancer.

Sapna Patel, MD, reviews several key studies across stages of melanoma and emerging targeted therapies for patients with BRAF mutations.

The increasing role of antibody-drug conjugates have led to questions of sequencing for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, whereas new data for first-generation PD-L1 inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab have shaken up the treatment paradigm for others.

Alan L. Ho, MD, PhD, discusses targeted therapies such as TKIs that have demonstrated promising efficacy in multiple patient populations as well as the agents lenvatinib and pembrolizumab.

Benjamin Philip Levy, MD, discusses potential future uses for atezolizumab in non–small cell lung cancer.

Richard D. Carvajal, MD, discusses the prognostic factors of uveal melanoma that differentiate it from other subsets of melanoma.

Alexander E. Perl, MD, MS, associate professor, medicine, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses why genetic testing is important for determining targeted therapies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Mark G. Kris, MD, discusses the role of atezolizumab in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab have shown overall survival benefit in patients with metastatic melanoma, according to long-term follow-up data, and other studies’ results highlight the efficacy and toxicity benefits of different sequences of the combination.

Research in breast cancer has led to remarkable progress in the understanding and management of the disease, but the oncology community can always do more to optimize treatment outcomes for patients.

The benefit of PARP maintenance therapy for patients with advanced ovarian cancer differs depending on a number of factors, including the homologous recombination and BRCA mutation status of the tumor.

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD, discussed the role of next-generation sequencing paired with systemic therapies and the option of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroendocrine malignancies.

Emerging novel therapies, new stratification factors, and sequencing challenges because of the new classifications for patients with breast cancer will be topics of discussion at the 40th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium® during the breast cancer sessions.

New treatments are emerging for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in addition to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, which has moved up into the second line.

The development of agents to address intolerance and acquired resistance to BTK inhibitors addresses 2 of the major unmet needs for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Clinicians treating patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia now have multiple options at their disposal, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, blinatumomab, and multiagent chemotherapy-based regimens, with more options aiming to enter the treatment paradigm.

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, highlights the use of checkpoint inhibitors, antibody-drug conjugates, and FGFR inhibitors in urothelial cancer and the current sequencing hurdles in the paradigm.

Ahead of the 40th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, Pinkal Desai, MD, addresses the evolving role of targeted therapies in MDS and how clinicians can characterize MDS risk.

The Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium® returns to New York City for its 40th annual meeting with a 3-day program that will deliver the latest updates across the gamut of oncology care.