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Suzanne George, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, clinical director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses a study exploring the efficacy of a PD-1 inhibitor in patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma.
Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, medical director of Gynecologic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer.
Suzanne George, MD, discusses an exceptional responder to pembrolizumab in leiomyosarcoma and the significance of these findings for further immunotherapy advances in the field.
Anna Farago, MD, PhD, assistant, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, and instructor, Medicine, at Harvard Medical School, discusses the combination of olarparib (Lynparza) and temozolomide (Temodar) for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Toni Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses savolitinib in papillary renal cell cancer.
Andrew A. Lane, MD, PhD, physician, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the identification of a rare blood disorder called blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.
Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, discusses the latest regulatory advances with PARP inhibitors and their continued growth in the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer.
Jochen H. Lorch, MD, director, Thyroid Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, assistant professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the current treatment landscape of medullary thyroid cancer.
Jennifer Brown MD, PhD, director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, senior physician, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the development of the treatment paradigm for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in the next 5 to 10 years.
Jennifer Brown MD, PhD, director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, senior physician, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses PI3 kinase inhibitors in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Jennifer Brown MD, PhD, director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, senior physician, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the novel agent acalabrutinib in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Toni Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the role of traditional agents in the treatment of patients with kidney cancer.
Robert J. Mayer, MD, who helped the field of oncology develop while conducting groundbreaking research, was honored in the Gastrointestinal Cancer category with a 2015 Giants of Cancer Care® award, a program that OncLive developed to recognize leaders in the field.
Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses overall findings of the phase II CABOSUN trial comparing cabozantanib (Cabometyx) versus sunitinib (Sutent) for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
David M. Jackman, MD, medical director of Clinical Pathways, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, assistant professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the benefits of liquid biopsies for patients with lung cancer.
Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, MD, MPhil, MPH, director, melanoma radiation oncology, physician, assistant professor of radiation oncology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses potential combination regimens of low-dose radiation therapy and immunotherapy to treat patients with head and neck cancer.
Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, MD, MPhil, MPH, director, melanoma radiation oncology, physician, assistant professor of radiation oncology, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the potential benefit of using radiation and immunotherapy in combination.
Sangeetha Palakurthi, PhD, head of the Cancer Biology and Pharmacology Group at the Belfer Center for Applied Cancer Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the FDA approval of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Katherine Thornton, MD, discusses the potential that immunotherapy agents could have in the field of sarcoma, as well as the role of genomic profiling in understanding the patients who may benefit from select treatments.
Matthew H. Kulke, MD, MMSc, discusses the clues obtained from genome sequencing studies in neuroendocrine tumors and the pressing need for further research.
Jennifer Brown, MD, PhD, director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, senior physician, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the lessons oncologists have learned from the RESONATE-2 trial, which showed a benefit with ibrutinib (Imbruvica) over chlorambucil in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD, a 2014 Giant of Cancer Care in Myeloma, program director, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center and LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics, institute physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, discusses how currently available agents will continue to impact the field of multiple myeloma.
David Reardon, MD, discusses the potential for immunotherapy in brain cancer, its immunogenicity, and what preliminary data have shown so far regarding checkpoint inhibition.
Patients with renal cancer who underwent cytoreductive nephrectomy and targeted therapy had improved survival compared with patients who did not undergo the surgery.
Matthew Yurgelun, MD, instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, explains why oncologists should discuss genetic testing with their patients and family members for colorectal cancer, as well as some of the common risk factors for the disease.
Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD, discusses the potential for BRAF-targeting therapies in non-small cell lung cancer.
George D. Demetri, MD, discusses current trends in sarcoma care, how the field of sarcoma has paved the way for other tumor types, and emerging therapeutic advances in the field.
Kenneth Anderson, MD, PhD, discusses the role of APRIL/BCMA and what potential the targeted agent BION-1301 may have in blocking multiple myeloma cell proliferation, as well as reducing drug resistance and immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment.
Toni K. Choueiri, MD, clinical director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, comments on the FDA approval of cabozantinib as a second-line treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
David P. Steensma, MD, Senior Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute discusses myelodysplastic syndromes.
