Latest Conference Articles

Jeffrey Jones, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and section head of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) research program at Ohio State University, discusses the results of a phase III randomized, controlled study evaluating idelalisib (Zydelig) in combination with ofatumumab (Arzerra) compared to ofatumumab alone for previously treated CLL.

Asher A. Chanan-Khan, MD, chair, Hematology/Oncology, Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, discusses a recent study that examined ibrutinib combined with bendamustine and ritxuimab (BR) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

Tanguy Seiwert, MD, assistant professor of medicine and associate leader of the head and neck cancer program, University of Chicago, discusses the efficacy of pembrolizumab in head and neck cancer.

Howard Burris, III, MD, chief medical officer and executive director of Drug Development at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute discusses the importance of the ASCO annual meeting, taking place May 29 - June 2.

Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, medical director, Carolina Urologic Research Center, managing partner, Atlantic Urology Clinics, discusses the results of the TERRAIN trial.

Matthew Cooperberg, MD, genitourinary cancer specialist, University of California San Francisco, discusses the efficacy of using an antagonist with hormone therapy in prostate cancer.

Judd W. Moul, MD, urologic oncologist, Duke Medicine, discusses a recent study that demonstrated the impact of obesity on active surveillance.

Brock O'Neil, MD, physician, instructor in urologic surgery, Vanderbilt University, discusses a study that demonstrated evidence of superior quality of life after robotic assisted radical prostatectomy.

Kyle A. Richards, MD, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, discusses the association between urinary tract infections (UTI) and worse bladder cancer outcomes in the Medicare population.

Michael Brawer, MD, vice president of Medical Affairs, Myriad Genetic Laboratories, discusses the clinical utility of the cell cycle progression (CCP) test in personalizing prostate cancer treatment.

Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS, attending surgeon, urologic oncology, associate professor, urologic oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the understanding of tumor pathology in renal cell carcinoma.

E. David Crawford, MD, professor, urology, radiation oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses the differences between an LHRH agonist and a GNRH antagonist.

Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, chief, Section of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, deputy chair, Translational Research, professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses deferasirox (Exjade) in iron chelation therapy for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Gail J. Roboz, MD, associate professor of Medicine, director, Leukemia Program, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the growing field of molecular mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, assistant professor of Medicine, Hematology, Yale Cancer Center, discusses a population-based study of subsequent myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in prostate cancer patients after radiotherapy.

Sara M. Tinsley, MS, PhD, ARNP, AOCN, nurse practitioner, malignant hematology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses a study that examined quality of life in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Rami S. Komrokji, MD, clinical director, Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses a study that examined risk stratification of therapy-related MDS.

Bart L. Scott, assistant member, clinical research division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses a new registry that will collect data from patients with MDS.

Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, chief, Section of Myelodysplastic Syndromes, deputy chair, Translational Research, professor, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the multikinase inhibitor rigosertib in patients with MDS who have failed hypomethylating agents.

D. Ross Camidge, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Clinical Program, program director, Thoracic Oncology Clinical and Translational Research Fellowship, University of Colorado Denver, discusses MET and if it is still a relevant target in lung cancer.

Robert C. Bast, Jr., MD, vice president, Translational Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study that could help in early detection of ovarian cancer before CA-125 rises in patients.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, professor, Yale Cancer Center, chief of medical oncology, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, discuses the impact of the FDA's approval of nivolumab's for the treatment of squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses nelipepimut-S (NeuVax) and a proposed trial for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

James Welsh, MD, associate professor of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study that examined the regulation of PD-L1 and how it may open up more treatment options for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

F. Stephen Hodi, MD, discusses the results of a trial presented at the 2015 AACR Annual Meeting.

Evan W. Alley, MD, PhD, discusses the results from the phase Ib KEYNOTE-028 trial on a cohort of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.

John Heymach, MD, PhD, chair of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study on KRAS mutations in lung cancer, which led to the identification of three more KRAS subsets.

Mitchell Benson, MD, the Herbert and Florence Irving Professor at Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses potential issues with active surveillance for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Robert Dreicer, MD, MS, FACP, FASCO, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, discusses sequencing therapies in prostate cancer.

Celestia S. Higano, MD, FACP, professor of medicine and urology, University of Washington, discusses radium-223 chloride and its efficacy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).