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Oliver Sartor, MD, a medical oncologist at the Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the implications of the analysis of African-American patients receiving sipuleucel-T (Provenge) compared with Caucasians with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Jean-Pascal Machiels, MD, head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Sain-Luc, discusses challenges still facing the field of head and neck cancer and ongoing trials with a goal to improve patient outcomes.
David J. Pinato, MD, PhD, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Medical Oncology, resident, Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London, discusses an analysis of intra-tumor heterogeneity in primary and metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Ann-Lii Cheng, MD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine Director, Graduate Institute of Oncology, director, Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, discusses the phase III trial of lenvatinib (Lenvima) compared with sorafenib (Nexavar) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Andrew Vickers, PhD, attending research methodologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses some potential uses of MRI testing for patients with prostate cancer.
Giovanni Grignani, MD, medical oncologist, Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS, discusses the intended patient population for trabectedin (Yondelis) in the treatment of sarcoma.
Primo N. Lara, MD, associate director for translational research, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses epacadostat plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, vice chair for Clinical Operations, associate director for Translational Research, and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, discusses the safety profile of the RTOG 3504 trial for patients with head and neck cancer.
Andrew Stephenson, MD, director of Urologic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the impact of active surveillance on the field of prostate cancer.
Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD, professor of medicine, surgery, and immunology, director, University of Pittsburgh Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, president of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, discusses the potential role for immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with sarcoma.
Rami S. Komrokji, MD, clinical director, Hematologic Malignancies, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses molecular testing for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
Breelyn Wilky, MD, an associate professor of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Care, University of Miami Health System, discusses how to determine which treatment a patient with sarcoma should receive.
Tomi Jun, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses results of a multi-center study investigating patients with cyptogenic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses the STAMPEDE and LATITUDE trials for patients with prostate cancer.
Eric Jonasch, MD, professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the potential of immunotherapy for patients with sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Jean-Pascal Machiels, MD, head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Sain-Luc, discusses pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with head and neck cancer.
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, senior physician, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the 7-year follow-up of the APT trial investigating adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab (Herceptin) for node-negative HER2-positive breast cancer.
Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the FDA approval of subcutaneous rituximab (Rituxan) in patients with select hematologic malignancies.
Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the updated findings of the KEYNOTE-045 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in urothelial carcinoma.
Davendra Sohal, MD, MPH, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses an ongoing study exploring mFOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, vice chair for Clinical Operations, associate director for Translational Research, and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, discusses the rationale for combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.
Jorge Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the May 2017 FDA approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with urothelial carcinoma.
Robert G. Uzzo, MD, chair, Surgical Oncology, G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research, senior vice-president, Physician Services, president, Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Group, Inc., professor of surgery, Temple University Health System, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in kidney cancer.
Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Claire Verschraegen, MD, professor of medical oncology, University of Vermont Cancer Center, discussing combining avelumab (Bavencio) with other immunotherapy agents for patients with lung cancer.
Peter Black, MD, senior research scientist, Vancouver Prostate Center, associate professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, discusses sequencing of immunotherapy for patients with bladder cancer.
Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, director, Thoracic Medical Oncology Program, discusses the findings of cohort G of the KEYNOTE-021 trial that explored the combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with carboplatin and pemetrexed for patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses the stemness inhibitor napabucasin (BBI-608) as a potential treatment for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).
Denise Yardley, MD, senior investigator at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the APHINITY trial investigating pertuzumab (Perjeta) for patients with adjuvant HER2-positive breast cancer.
Jean-Pascal Machiels, MD, head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Sain-Luc, discusses toxicities with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with chemoradiation for patients with head and neck cancer.
