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William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, medical director of the Leukemia Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discuses which chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients may benefit from ibrutinib frontline therapy and questions that remain after the RESONATE-2 trial.
Thomas LeBlanc, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses why it is important to include patients in the decision-making process for the treatment of hematologic malignancies.
Steven Coutre, MD, professor of medicine (hematology) at Stanford University Medical Center, discusses considerations when selecting between oral therapies like ibrutinib and chemoimmunotherapy for first-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Jerald P. Radich, MD, clinical research division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the impact of the approval of generic imatinib in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).
Ruben Mesa, MD chair, hematology Mayo Clinic, MPN, discusses the new National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). Ruben Mesa, MD chair, hematology Mayo Clinic, MPN, discusses the new National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN).
Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, associate professor of Clinical Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the rationale for evaluating nivolumab in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Ju Dong Yang, MD, MSc, discusses patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who present without cirrhosis at the time of diagnosis of liver cancer.
Richard Kinh Gian Do, MD, PhD, radiologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the assessment of tumor response in liver cancer.
Francis Yao, MD, professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, medical director of the Liver Transplant Program at UCSF Medical Center, discusses the Milan criteria in liver cancer.
Richard S. Finn, MD, an associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the challenges with determing a biomarker for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an interview during the 10th Annual Conference of the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) in Vancouver, Canada. Finn is the current ILCA president.
Morris Sherman, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine at University of Toronto, discusses the issues oncologists face with screening patients for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in an interview during the 10th International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Annual Conference.
Andrew X. Zhu, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, director of Liver Cancer Research, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the possibility of an optimal second-line treatment for all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Klaus Hoeflich, PhD, director of Biology, Blueprint Medicines, discusses diagnosis of liver cancer as well as the treatment challenges associated with the disease during the 10th Annual Conference of the International Liver Cancer Association in Vancouver, Canada.
Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), professor of Pharmacology, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, associate director for Translational Research, Disease Alligned Research Team Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the next generation of agents coming down the pipeline in non–small cell lung cancer.
David R. Gandara, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, professor, senior advisor to director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health System, discusses the most recent—and significant—advancements in the field of lung cancer.
Paul A. Bunn Jr, MD, Distinguished Professor, Division of Medical Oncology/University of Colorado, James Dudley Chair in Lung Cancer Research, University of Colorado Denver, 2014 Giant of Cancer Care in Lung Cancer, discusses the phase III results from CheckMate-026, which explored nivolumab (Opdivo) monotherapy in treatment-naïve patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer.
Tony Mok, MD, professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, discusses breakthrough therapies and ongoing trials for patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Edward B Garon, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology, Jonnson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, discusses the evolution of immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.
Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, CEO, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, discusses the importance of molecular testing for patients with lung cancer.
Volker Heinemann, MD, PhD, director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, discusses how depth of response, which is highly correlated with overall survival, was improved for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who added selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) to chemotherapy.
Bruno Daniele, MD, director, Department of Oncology and Medical Oncology, G. Rummo Hospital, Italy, discusses the potential impact of regorafenib (Stivarga) for the treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Dr. Navesh K. Sharma, associate professor of Radiology in the Division of Radiology and Oncology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and section chief of Radiation Oncology at the Penn State Health St. Joseph Cancer Center, discusses that age should not be a deciding factor in giving internal radiation to patients with liver cancer.
Dr. Jordi Bruix, MD, head of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) at University of Barcelona, discusses the major impact that regorafenib (Stivarga) will have for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Dr. Adam Bass, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the causes for different types of gastric cancer.
Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD, associate director for Clinical Research, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses factors that patients and oncologists should consider when developing a treatment plan for pancreatic cancer.
Daniel Sargent, PhD, professor of Oncology and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the IDEA initiative, which is an international study to examine if patients with colon cancer would benefit from reducing the duration of adjuvant therapy from 3 months to 6 months to reduce side effects and cost.
John L. Marshall, MD, chief, Division Of Hematology/Oncology, Georgetown University Hospital Associate Director, clinical research, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital, discusses the difference between squamous and adenocarcinoma in esophageal and gastric cancer.
Christian Gisselbrecht, MD, a Professor of Haematology in the Haemato-Oncology Department of Hôpital Saint-Louis, at Diderot University, Paris, discusses stratifying refractory disease in aggressive diffuse large b-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
