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Chris Parker, MD, consultant clinical oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, discusses the role of radiotherapy in newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

Fabrice André, MD, PhD, professor, Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Gustave Roussy, discusses the impact of the SOLAR-1 findings in breast cancer at the 2018 ESMO Congress.

Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau, MD, PhD, medical director, Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK, discusses survival data with TAS-102 (trifluridine/tipiracil; Lonsurf) in gastric cancer at the 2018 ESMO Congress.

Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, discusses survival findings from the PALOMA-3 trial in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Jonathan E. Rosenberg, MD, medical oncologist, chief, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses dosing for the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma at the 2018 ESMO Congress.

Ravi Vij, MD, MBA, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplant, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the optimal induction therapy in the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Stephen Oh, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the development of JAK inhibitors in myelofibrosis.

Brad Kahl, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the use of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses recent combination data in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Syma Iqbal, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, discusses treatment options for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, associate director for Adult Oncology and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the FDA breakthrough designation status of encorafenib (Braftovi), binimetinib (Mektovi), and cetuximab (Erbitux) for the treatment of patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, associate director for Adult Oncology and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the changing landscape of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, discusses a session at the 20th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium on the roles of a multidisciplinary team.

George Sledge, Jr., MD, discusses the benefit to the cost of genomic sequencing decreasing overtime.

Kathryn Ruddy, MD, discusses how genetic testing could impact treatment of patients with breast cancer.

Elizabeth Mittendorf, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for updating the AJCC staging system in patients with breast cancer. This system was originally developed in the 1970s but is still used today.

Sara McLaughlin, MD, professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, discusses the frequency that lymphedema appears in patients with breast cancer and addresses the complications in identifying this after her presentation at the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

Afsaneh Barzi, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses surgical advances in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.

Luis Z. Blanco Jr., MD, assistant professor of Pathology, Northwestern University, discusses the role a pathologist plays in the treatment of a patient with breast cancer during a presentation at the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

Jason Valent, MD, oncologist, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the potential application of minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity in patients with multiple myeloma.

Hetty Carraway, MD, oncologist, Cleveland Clinic, discusses predisposition to acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Masatoshi Kudo, MD, PhD, professor and chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kindai University, Osaka, Japan, discusses the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis of lenvatinib versus sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan.

Richard Finn, MD, professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology, director of the Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses the role lenvatinib (Lenvima) in the treatment paradigm for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Riccardo Lencioni, MD, professor in the department of radiology at the University of Pisa School of Medicine in Pisa, Italy, discusses how response to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment can be best assessed in patients.

Ann-Lii Cheng, MD, PhD, distinguished professor and director of the cancer center of National Taiwan University, discusses the challenges that tumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) pose for clinical trials.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, describes what he sees as key areas of research into the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma as therapy moves beyond existing drugs and into novel approaches.

Augusto Villanueva, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Icahn School of Medicine, discusses the potential of liquid biopsy to improve treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Josep M. Llovet, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine, discusses the potential for biomarkers to improve the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Heather Wakelee, MD, associate professor of medicine (oncology) at the Stanford University Medical Center, discussed the latest therapeutic developments in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine and professor of pharmacology, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital; associate director for Translational Research, Yale Cancer Center; Disease Aligned Research Team (DART) Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy combinations that have potential in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).