
Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, believes this is an exciting time in the field of gastrointestinal cancers, as more tools become available to select the most effective treatment for each patient.

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Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, believes this is an exciting time in the field of gastrointestinal cancers, as more tools become available to select the most effective treatment for each patient.

Bruce Roth, MD, from the Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, discusses the treatment of several cancers with bevacizumab.

David P. Carbone, MD, PhD, from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the exploration of immunotherapies as treatments for patients with advanced lung cancer.

Andre Goy, MD, Chairman and Director and Chief of Lymphoma at John Theurer Cancer Center, comments on the recent developments in fighting cancer with the immune system.

Everett E. Vokes, MD, Giant of Cancer Care in Head and Neck from University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, discusses multimodality therapy for lung cancer.

Corey J. Langer, MD, from the University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center, discusses integrating the irreversible pan-HER inhibitor afatinib into the treatment paradigm for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Torsten O. Nielsen, MD, PhD, FRCPC, professor, pathology, University of British Columbia, on using a Ki67 assay for patients with breast cancer.

Brian A. Van Tine, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses identifying biomarkers in sarcomas.

Tony S.K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, discusses different plasma testing approaches for patients with lung cancer.

Heather Wakelee, MD, from the Stanford University School of Medicine, describes two phase III trials that focused on the second-line nintedanib plus chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, from the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, gives an overview of the development of PI3K and mTOR inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer.

Giorgio V. Scagliotti, MD, PhD, Head, from the University of Turin, Italy, discusses toxicities related to chemotherapy and surgery in patients with lung cancer.

Yvonne M. Saenger, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine and Dermatology, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the need for biomarkers for immunotherapies.

Clifford A. Hudis, MD, ASCO President-Elect and chief of the Breast Cancer Medicine Service and attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses obesity as a modifiable risk factor for cancer.

Sandra Swain, MD, from the Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University Medical Center, discusses pregnant patients with breast cancer.

Ben Jones, Senior Director of Government Relations & Public Policy at McKesson Specialty Health & The US Oncology Network, discusses the impact of sequestration on drug and physician reimbursement.

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, chief of Medical Oncology at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven in Connecticut, discusses immunotherapy for patients with lung cancer.

Glenn J. Lesser, MD, Professor, Hematology & Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest Baptist Health, discusses armodafinil for brain radiation-induced fatigue.

Dawn L. Hershman, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Leader, Breast Cancer Program, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, discusses the need for adherence with longer hormonal therapy.

Debu Tripathy, MD, co-leader, Women's Cancer Program, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses targeting HER2 in breast cancer.

Edward Bradley, MD, Senior Vice President, Head, Innovative Medicines unit (iMED), MedImmune (the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca), discusses the development of moxetumomab pasudotox.

Jeffrey D. Bradley, MD, Professor, Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses ongoing research involving radiation therapy for lung cancer.

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD, from the Yale Cancer Center, pioneered the use of molecular testing for EGFR mutations in lung cancer. In July 2013, he was honored by OncLive as one of the "Giants of Cancer Care."

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, the director of the Tumor Immunology Program Area at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the efficacy of ipilimumab for the treatment of melanoma.

David R. Gandara, MD, from the UC Davis Cancer Center, discusses the 2013 recipient of the Giants in Cancer Care award in the field of thoracic oncology: Thomas J. Lynch, Jr., MD.

Kathy S. Albain, MD, from the Loyola University Chicago and Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, discusses the difference between the 21-gene (Oncotype DX) assay and 70-gene (MammaPrint) assay in breast cancer.

David P. Carbone, MD, PhD, from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, describes variations in the accuracy and availability of genetic testing technologies.

Richard D. Carvajal, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the background of the investigation of selumetinib for advanced uveal melanoma.

Bayard L. Powell, MD, the Director-At-Large and a Professor in Hematology & Oncology at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the next steps for CPI-613 in hematologic malignancies.

Rebecca L. Aft, MD, PhD, from the Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the need to identify markers for patients with micrometastatic disease.