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City of Hope shares recent research grants and awards given to faculty at the institution.

A large pool of evidence exists to support the use of HIPEC in ovarian cancer, and hyperthermic and other novel intraperitoneal chemotherapies should continue to be incorporated into novel clinical trial designs.

Tanya Siddiqi, MD, a hematologist/oncologist at City of Hope, discusses the safety profile of lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel; JCAR017) in the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial.

Steven T. Rosen, MD, Irell & Manella Cancer Center Director's Distinguished Chair, Morgan & Helen Chu Director's Chair of the Beckman Research Institute, provost and chief scientific officer, director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Beckman Research Institute, and Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, and professor in the Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, at City of Hope, discusses the emergence of novel therapies and the incorporation of immuno-oncology (IO) drugs in hematologic malignancies.

Amrita Krishnan, MD, director of the Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research and a professor in the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation at City of Hope, discusses key aspects of the phase III ELOQUENT-2 and -3 trials in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Tanya Siddiqi, MD, discusses the novel agents that have emerged in the treatment paradigm for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

David S. Snyder, MD, associate chair, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, professor, Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and hematologist/oncologist, City of Hope, discusses ongoing research in myelofibrosis.

Marwan Fakih, MD, professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, associate director for Clinical Investigations, Comprehensive Cancer Center, medical director, Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Clinical Research, co-director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program, and section head, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, City of Hope, discusses future directions in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Xiuli Wang, PhD, discusses emerging CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic cancers.

Steven T. Rosen, MD, discusses the rapid evolution in hematologic cancer treatment and highlighted challenges that have recently emerged.

Amrita Krishnan, MD, highlights recent research in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Michael A. Rosenzweig, MD, MS, discusses changes in the frontline setting of multiple myeloma.

David S. Snyder, MD, highlights agents currently undergoing clinical trials for polycythemia vera and myelofibrosis as well as how to most effectively treat patients using transplantation.

Byrne Lee, MD, chief, Upper GI and Mixed Tumor Surgery Service, associate clinical professor of surgical oncology, Department of Surgery, and surgical oncologist, City of Hope, discusses data regarding the use of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Jasmine M. Zain, MD, hematologist/oncologist, associate clinical professor, Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and director, T cell Lymphoma program, City of Hope, discusses investigational approaches in peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Vinod A. Pullarkat, MD, clinical professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and hematologist/oncologist, City of Hope, discusses treatment strategies in transplant ineligible acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Saul Priceman, PhD, City of Hope assistant professor in the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and his research team have received a $9.28 million award from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to support a chimeric antigen receptor T cell phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of women with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to the brain.

David S. Snyder, MD, associate chair and professor, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and hematologist/oncologist, City of Hope, discusses mainstays of treatment in polycythemia vera (PV).

Tanya Siddiqi, MD, explains how novel agents are improving the treatment landscape for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, citing examples from the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial.

Matthew G. Mei, MD, assistant clinical professor, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and hematologist/oncologist, City of Hope, discusses investigational CAR T-cell therapies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in Hodgkin lymphoma.

Tanya Siddiqi, MD, a hematologist/oncologist at City of Hope, discusses the CLL14 trial, which tested venetoclax (Venclexta) plus obinutuzumab (Gazyva) versus obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and coexisting conditions.

With its long-standing commitment to patients, the designation makes City of Hope the highest ranked cancer hospital in the West.

PD-L1–positive natural killer cells may prove to be another important immune effector cell for checkpoint inhibitor-based cancer immunotherapy.

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, an associate clinical professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, co-director, Kidney Cancer Program, and medical oncologist at City of Hope, discusses the design of the phase II SWOG 1500 trial (NCT02761057) in locally advanced or metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, associate clinical professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope, discusses investigational maintenance strategies in advanced ovarian cancer.

Larry Kwak, MD, PhD, has been appointed the deputy director of City of Hope's Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute.

Tanya B. Dorff, MD, associate clinical professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, and head of the genitourinary cancers program at City of Hope, discusses the use of PARP inhibitors in prostate cancer.

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, emphasizes the use of molecular testing over tumor testing in ovarian cancer.

Thanh H. Dellinger, MD, provides insight on the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer.

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, discusses the impact of the SOLO-1 trial on current approaches to frontline maintenance therapy as well as the trials that are underway with niraparib, rucaparib, and the investigational PARP inhibitor veliparib.