Todd Bauer, MD, associate director, Drug Development, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the emergence of the novel agent rovalpituzumab tesirine in the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer in an interview during the IASLC Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology.
Randy F. Sweis, MD, clinical instructor, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the trend toward immunotherapy in the field of genitourinary malignancies.
Maurie Markman, MD, president, Medicine and Science, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, editor-in-chief, OncologyLive, discusses the most important factors of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) to convey to patients with ovarian cancer.
Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses some of the rare toxicities seen in patients with lung cancer.
Kimberly Van Zee, MD, surgical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the various surgical options for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ.
Denise R. Aberle, MD, professor of Radiology in the School of Medicine, of Bioengineering in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA Medical Center, discusses novel approaches to screen patients for lung cancer.
Robert Pirker, MD, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, discusses novel clinical trial designs that researchers should use going forward in lung cancer.
Patricia LoRusso, DO, professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), associate director, Innovative Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the role of PARP inhibitors in triple negative breast cancer.
Ramona Dadu, MD, assistant professor, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the current treatment approaches being evaluated for patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer.
Margaret A. Tempero, MD, director, Pancreas Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the HALO 301 trial, which is exploring the addition of PEGPH20 to gemcitabine and albumin-bound paclitaxel as a potential treatment for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
Constantine S. Tam, MD, Consultant Hematologist, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia discusses BCL2 inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Lowell Anthony, MD, chief, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, discusses the various subtleties in defining the pathology of neuroendocrine tumors.
Charles Powell, MD, director, Mount Sinai-National Jewish Health Respiratory Institute, sheds light on what he feels oncologists should be tackling in the future of treating patients with lung cancer.
Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses sequencing various treatments for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
James C. Yao, MD, professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, discusses a study exploring health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
Philip McCarthy, BA, MD, professor of oncology and internal medicine director, blood and marrow transplant program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute discusses maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma patients that are eligible for transplant.
Joel Neal, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, discusses exciting advancements in the field of lung cancer over the past few years.
Gregory E. Idos, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, sheds light on the remaining questions with multiplex panel testing as well as the cost effectiveness of it.
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses a survey she conducted for physicians on the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with limited small cell lung cancer.
Meena Savur Moran, MD, radiation oncologist, professor, Therapeutic Radiology, director, Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses some of the techniques that oncologists can use to decrease the toxicities associated with radiation therapy when treating patients with breast cancer.
Oliver Zill, data scientist, Guardant Health, discusses the somatic genomic landscape of over 15,000 patients with advanced-stage cancer from clinical next-generation sequencing analysis of circulating tumor DNA.
Janice Mehnert, MD, medical oncologist, director, Phase I and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discussing promising biomarkers for patients to receive immunotherapy across tumor types.
Heather A. Wakelee, MD, associate professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, regent, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) discusses updated efficacy findings from the BIRCH trial, which was a phase II study of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for patients with PD-L1–selected advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Wakelee discussed these findings during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.
Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, CEO, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), discusses the value of PD-L1 assays for patients with non–small cell lung cancer. Hirsch shared his during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.
Brigid Killelea, MD, MPH, FACS, associate professor of surgery (oncology), Yale Cancer Center, discusses the potential of nipple-sparing mastectomy for women who undergo surgery for breast cancer.
Harvey I. Pass, MD, director, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses what it means to take a personalized approach to surgery in lung cancer.
Anees B. Chagpar, MD, associate professor of Surgery (Oncology), director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, Yale Cancer Center, explains some of the most discussed topics in breast cancer. Chagpar was recently the chair at the State of the Science Summit on Breast Cancer held Sept. 15.
, assistant professor of urology and population health at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, discusses screening determinations for prostate cancer.
David R. Gandara, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, professor, senior advisor to director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, treasurer, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), discusses the Lung Master Protocol (Lung-MAP) Trial and how it is an example of a rational clinical design that will impact patient care. Gandara shared this insight during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.
