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Thoracic specialist will guide expansion of clinical programs, integrate research into patient care.

City of Hope is offering an interactive educational conference for oncologists, hematologists and oncology nurses to learn about the latest advances in bone marrow transplants, as well as the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

It is simply unrealistic and highly counterproductive to the future of cancer care to believe that the only acceptable approach to determining the absolute or relative clinical utility of a specific drug, regimen, device, or procedure, is through the conduct of a so-called evidence-based randomized trial.

Early promising responses seen with immune checkpoint inhibitors for patients with ovarian cancer still need to be validated in larger randomized trials before a conclusion is made regarding their true efficacy.

Examples of the clinical relevance of an individual patient's normal polymorphisms continue to mount.

How can any analysis of the quality of cancer care being delivered by providers that focuses on a survival outcome as the ultimate measure of that quality-rather than on an evaluation of the optimization of the care process-be considered objectively valid and clinically meaningful?

Maurie Markman, MD, discusses how the molecular complexities of cancer necessitate that clinical research evolves beyond the basket trial design.

The past decade has demonstrated a movement toward more extensive LND in order to sample and remove more lymph nodes.

Mathew Hall, MD, radiation oncologist, City of Hope National Medical Center, discusses the impact of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening recommendations.

Mathew Hall, MD, radiation oncologist, City of Hope National Medical Center, discusses prostate cancer screening.

Maurie Markman, MD, national director, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, discusses what he sees as future treatment paradigms in ovarian cancer.

For further insight into the evolving role of expanded mutation analysis in mCRC, OncLive interviewed Marwan G. Fakih, MD, the director of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology at City of Hope.

Recent advancements in the treatment of ovarian cancer, including surgical techniques, the approvals of bevacizumab and olaparib, and intraperitoneal chemotherapy, have led the National Comprehensive Cancer Network to make changes to their clinical practice guidelines.

Joseph Alvarnas, MD, the director of Medical Quality at City of Hope National Medical Center, discusses autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHCT) for patients with HIV-associated lymphoma.

Surgery remains the most effective curative treatment for esophageal cancer. Yet, many eligible patients do not undergo esophagectomy.

Karen L. Reckamp, MD, discusses the results of a phase II study of the AKT inhibitor MK-2206 plus erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who progressed on erlotinib.

Cabozantinib added to erlotinib has antitumor activity in heavily pretreated patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease progressed on erlotinib alone, according to the results of a phase II trial presented at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, assistant professor, genitourinary cancers, City of Hope, discusses the results of a retrospective analysis of the effect of prior abiraterone use on the activity level of enzalutamide in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Marwan G. Fakih, MD, professor, director, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, City of Hope, discusses anti-angiogenesis versus anti-EGFR therapy in patients who have RAS wild-type colorectal cancer.

Both men and women report a significant decline in sexual satisfaction after hematopoietic cell transplantation that is sustained at 3-year follow-up.

Over the past few years, seven new drugs have gained approval from the FDA for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Primarily these approaches target angiogenesis and mTOR. The advent of these molecularly targeted therapies has significantly improved the standard of care for patients with RCC.

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, assistant professor, genitourinary cancers, City of Hope, discusses adjuvant therapy of renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Patients diagnosed with cancer today are considered to be genuine partners in all major treatment decisions. Yet, how well do they understand the nature and goals of genetic testing that might be recommended as part of the management of their disease?

Despite all we have learned about the importance of sensitizing EGFR mutations in defining the management of advanced NSCLC, our education regarding the relevance of this molecular target in optimizing clinical outcomes continues.

Maurie Markman, MD, asks who should decide whether it is ethically valid to consider off-label treatment in a patient with a very serious medical illness.

In the absence of a phase III randomized trial, what constitutes sufficient evidence to justify use of a treatment, particularly a nontraditional treatment or one that challenges common practice?

Jeffrey N. Weitzel, MD, from City of Hope, discusses the need to develop combination strategies for patients with breast cancer, in order to overcome the resistance.

Dr. Karen Reckamp City of Hope cancer center on Current Heat Shock Protein Clinical Trials

Dr. Karen Reckamp from City of Hope Cancer Center Describes the Use of Heat Shock Proteins

Dr. Markman on Taxane-Induced Neuropathy Biomarkers