OncLive TV

John Byrd, MD, director of the Division of Hematology, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the mechanism of acalabrutinib, a next-generation BTK inhibitor as a potential treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jorge A. Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, discusses the results of the phase III METEOR trial, which compared the efficacy of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) versus everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncology, New York Langone Medical Center, discusses a phase III study of the biosimilar version of trastuzumab (Herceptin) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

​Thierry M. Jahan, MD, a clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a phase Ib trial of CRS-207 in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM).

David M. Nanus, MD, medical oncologist, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the unanswered questions that remain with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).

Francesco Forconi, MD, associate professor of Hematology, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, discusses the role of the B-cell receptor (BCR) in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc, associate professor of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an ongoing trial exploring the association of ovarian cancer risk with mutations detected by multiple-gene germline sequencing in 95,561 women.

Thomas M. Churilla, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses a study exploring the impact of health insurance status on the presentation, local management, and outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer.

Todd Bauer, MD, associate director, Drug Development, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the safety and efficacy of single-agent rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), a delta-like protein 3 (DLL3)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate in recurrent/refractory patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Barry M. Berger, MD, FACP, chief medical officer, Exact Sciences, discusses the significance and benefits of the Cologuard screening test for colorectal cancer.

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, professor of Surgery, PH and Fay Etta Robinson Distinguished Professor in Research, Breast Surgical Oncology, executive director, Breast Programs, director, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the challenges associated with treating patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

Joshua M. Bauml, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, discusses the preliminary results of the KEYNOTE-055 study, which investigated pembrolizumab (Keytruda) after failure on platinum-based therapy and cetuximab in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, associate professor of Surgery (Oncology) and director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, discusses how surgical oncologists should approach the treatment of a patient with HER2-positive breast cancer.

David Spigel, MD, chief scientific officer, director, Lung Cancer Research Program, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the ongoing CheckMate-331 trial, which is investigating nivolumab (Opdivo) versus chemotherapy in relapsed patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Kevin S. Hughes, MD, co-director, Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, medical director, Bermuda Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Clinic, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses treatment with radiation therapy for patients with ER-positive breast cancer.

Jan S. Lewin, PhD, professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the impact of lymphedema in patients with head and neck cancer.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill, Breast Cancer, Geriatric Oncology Program, Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professorship in Geriatric Oncology, discusses assessing treatment response in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Robert Andtbacka, MD, associate professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine, discusses the optimal use of talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) in patients with melanoma.

Kanwal Raghav, MBBS, MD, assistant professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study examining HER2 gene amplification in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Charles J. Ryan, MD, professor of Clinical Medicine, Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco, provides an update to the IMAAGEN trial, which explored the effects of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) and low-dose prednisone on prostate-specific antigen and radiographic disease progression in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer