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Junji Matsui, PhD, senior director, Eisai, discusses a preclinical study of eribulin (Halaven) demonstrating anti-proliferative activity in select soft tissue sarcoma cell lines.

Xifeng Wu, MD, PhD, chair, Department of Epidemiology, Division of OVP, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, director, Center for Translational and Public Health Genomics, professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the prognostic factor of obesity-related genes in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Leonie de Best, MSc2, chief operating officer, SkylineDX, discusses the HOVON-87/NMSG-18 study, which demonstrated the validation of the EMC92/SKY92 signature for elderly patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Patricia J. Goldsmith, chief executive officer, CancerCare, previews data of a CancerCare study highlighting some of the financial challenges associated with patients who have cancer.

Fred Schumacher, PhD, MPH, associate professor, Case Western Reserve University, discusses a study that led to the identification of genetic risk factors of prostate cancer.

Wendy Setiawan, PhD, assistant professor of Preventive Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, discusses a study that examined differences in pancreatic cancer incidence across five racial/ethnic populations in a multiethnic cohort.

Van K. Morris, MD, assistant professor of GI Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study examining nivolumab (Opdivo) as a potential treatment for patients with anal cancer.

Thomas W. Dubensky Jr, PhD, chief scientific officer, Aduro Biotech, discusses a study of ADU-S100 and how it activates the human STING receptor, which is found to have presence in multiple tumor types.

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, professor of Hematology and Oncology and director of the Tumor Immunology Program Area at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses triplet therapies for patients with melanoma and the sequencing challenges associated with the approvals of additional agents in the field.

Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, founder and director, Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, director, Adult Survivorship Program, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in young patients with breast cancer.

Mark A. Rubin, MD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, vice chairman for Experimental Pathology, director, Translational Research Laboratory Services, Weill Cornell Medicine and New-York Presbyterian, discusses the advantages of whole-exome sequencing and how it compares with targeted sequencing.

George D. Demetri, MD, senior vice president for Experimental Therapeutics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Ludwig Center at Harvard, discusses the evolving and advancing field of sarcoma.

Meredith Buxton, PhD, research director, assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, discusses the I-SPY 2 trial for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, comments on the FDA approval of cabozantinib as a second-line treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Richard G. Stock, MD, senior faculty, Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses the optimal use of radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo) for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Karen Kelly, MD, associate director for Clinical Research, Jennifer Rene Harmon Tegley and Elizabeth Erica Harmon Endowed Chair in Cancer Clinical Research, professor of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the results of the phase Ib JAVELIN Solid Tumor Trial.

Stephen S. Grubbs, MD, senior director of the new clinical affairs department of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) discusses value-based oncology.

Sangeetha Palakurthi, PhD, head of the Cancer Biology and Pharmacology Group at the Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses a study that utilized non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient-derived xenografts from patients on osimertinib (AZD9291) clinical trials to further refine therapeutic strategies.

Sharon Spencer, MD, professor, chief of Medical Services, Ruby Meredith Outstanding Clinician Endowed Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, discusses the types of radiation therapy available to patients with head and neck cancer.

Udit Verma, MD, associate professor of Internal Medicine in Hematology/Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, discusses a subgroup analysis of the CONSIGN study, which examined regorafenib (Stivarga) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Benjamin P. Levy, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses how nivolumab (Opdivo) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) have impacted the treatment landscape of non–small cell lung cancer.

David P. Steensma, MD, Senior Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute discusses myelodysplastic syndromes.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses why community oncologists should utilize immunotherapy agents to treat patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Charles M. Perou, PhD, May Goldman Shaw Distinguished Professor of Molecular Oncology, professor of Genetics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the biomarker assay results as described in the ASCO breast cancer guideline.

Michael B. Atkins, MD, deputy director, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor of Oncology and Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, discusses the adjuvant use of ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with melanoma.

Deirdre J. Cohen, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses emerging agents for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, discusses the significance of the phase III SWOG S0777 study, which looked at bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma.

Leonard Gomella, MD, physician, professor, and chair of the Department of Urology at Thomas Jefferson University and director of the Kimmel Cancer Center Network, discusses the current perspectives on screening for prostate cancer.

Jorge E. Cortes, MD, deputy department chair, professor of Medicine and Internist, chair, AML Sections, D. B. Lane Cancer Research Distinguished Professor for Leukemia Research, Department of Leukemia, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the mechanism of action for BP-100.01.

Michael Postow, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the treatment of patients with melanoma.