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Key opinion leaders in the field share what they considered to be the greatest takeaways from the 2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium and provide insight on where treatment is headed in their respective areas of expertise.

Joseph Chao, MD, discusses the utility of microsatellite instability (MSI) status as a prognostic biomarker in gastric and gastroesophageal cancer.

City of Hope scientists have developed and tested the first CAR T-cell therapy using chlorotoxin, a component of scorpion venom, to direct T cells to target brain tumor cells.

Amir Khan, MD, discusses a large retrospective database analysis on colorectal cancer and gastric cancer presented at the 2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

Vincent Chung, MD, discusses the effect of gemcitabine, nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane), metformin, and dietary supplements on patients with pancreatic cancer.

David S. Snyder, MD, discusses updates in treating patients with myelofibrosis who undergo transplant.

Amir Ali Khan, MD, discusses the results of the database analysis and the remaining questions with young adult patients with colorectal cancer and gastric cancer. 

Sumanta K. Pal, MD, discusses the cohort 6 findings of the COSMIC-021 trial and other key data that were presented during the 2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.