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Christian Blank, MD, PhD, Netherlands Cancer Institute, discusses some of the early findings from the OpACIN trial testing a combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting for patients with stage III melanoma.

Neoadjuvant therapy with the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab is plausible and effective but can induce a high level of adverse events calling for further research into better tolerated dosing schemes.

Clinical research in private practice is thriving and the future is bright.

Ryan Sullivan, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses how best to treat patients with melanoma who have the BRAF mutation.

The Large Urology Group Practice Association has announced the plan to create two alternative payment models that involve bundled payments.

David Albala, MD, discusses some of the benefits of robotic surgery and the impact it has had on the field of prostate cancer, as well as methods that larger urology groups can use to better achieve compliance.

The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab to the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib and the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib induced a high response rate for patients with BRAF-mutant unresectable melanoma.

Raoul Concepcion, MD, director, Comprehensive Prostate Center, discusses the use of Eligard in the treatment of prostate cancer with OncLive during the LUGPA Annual Meeting.

Philip J. Buffington, MD, Chief Medical Officer, The Urology Group, discussed the use of fusion MRI in prostate cancer with OncLive during the LUGPA Annual Meeting.

With immunotherapy agents showing significant promise in bladder cancer, the potential for these agents in the neoadjuvant setting is wide open.

Whatever the result of the US presidential election, the era ahead will continue to be one of unprecedented change in healthcare, according to Robert Laszewski.

Following a long drought in the development of bladder cancer treatments, the field is now poised to benefit from a series of rapid advances ushered in by highly effective immunotherapies.

The dual inhibitor combination of lenvatinib and everolimus is becoming an essential second-line treatment option in advanced renal cell carcinoma, and research to move the regimen into frontline settings is underway.

A window of opportunity exists in which some patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer could benefit from trying novel second-line therapies prior to surgery.

Looking ahead to 2020, most participants on an expert panel projected that immunotherapy will be critical to optimizing outcomes in the adjuvant setting for patients with renal cell carcinoma.

When it comes to the burgeoning arena of biomarkers in bladder cancer, the value proposition is compelling, although the utility and costs need to be better defined, according to Badrinath Konety, MD, MBA.

Cabozantinib demonstrated consistent benefits compared with everolimus for patients with advanced, pretreated renal cell carcinoma in a subgroup analysis of the phase III METEOR trial that explored MET expression.

Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, director of the Genitourinary Oncology Program, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center, discusses the efficacy associated with the combination of levantinib (Lenvima) and everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Naomi B. Haas, MD, director, Prostate and Kidney Cancer Program Associate Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses results of 2 ongoing clinical trials looking at adjuvant therapy options in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Conflicting results from large adjuvant studies for renal cell carcinoma may have been caused by differences between the clinical trial designs, patient populations, and assessment criteria.

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses updated findings from the CheckMate-025 trial, which compared the efficacy of nivolumab (Opdivo) with everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Geoffrey Sklar, Chief Medical Officer, Chesapeake Urology Associates, spoke with OncLive about some of the exciting advancements in bladder cancer during the LUGPA Annual Meeting.

Neoadjuvant therapy is evolving as a treatment approach for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, dives into the ongoing research with volitinib, the competing yet complementary roles of targeted agents and immunotherapy, and the most important steps to take with biomarker research in the field of renal cell carcinoma.

Nicholas G. Cost, MD, assistant professor, Surgery-Urology, Department of Pediatric Urology/ Urologic Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses a clinical trial exploring pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus axitinib (Inlyta) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The life expectancy of patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer has doubled in recent years thanks to a multitude of new therapies, and there are still many more advancements to come.

Richard Harris, MD, of UroPartners, says there are many exciting advancements currently happening in the field of prostate cancer. Harris shared his insights during an interview with OncLive at the 2016 LUGPA Annual Meeting.

Gary Kirsh, MD, President of The Urology Group and the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), discusses this exciting phase in prostate cancer care. Kirsh shared his insights during an interview with OncLive at the 2016 LUGPA Annual Meeting.

Richard S. Finn, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the phase III PALOMA-2 trial during an interview at the 2016 ESMO Congress.