ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Early Promise of Radiation Plus PCV in Patients With Low-Grade Glioma

August 19th 2016

Erica Bell, PhD, assistant professor-Clinical, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a mutational analysis examining radiation therapy plus procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine (PCV) as a potential treatment for patients with high-risk, low-grade glioma.

Dr. Rudin on Rova-T in Patients With Small Cell Lung Cancer

August 18th 2016

Charles M. Rudin, MD, medical oncologist, chief, Thoracic Oncology Service, co-director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research, Sylvia Hassenfeld Chair in Lung Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the safety and efficacy of single-agent rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T) in patients with recurrent or refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Dr. Leslie Randall Discusses Evidence Supporting BRCA Testing in Ovarian Cancer

August 10th 2016

Leslie M. Randall, MD, associate professor of Gynecology/ Oncology, University of California Irvine, discusses evidence supporting the use of BRCA testing for patients with ovarian cancer.

Dr. West on Advancements for Patients With T790M-Mutant NSCLC

August 8th 2016

Howard L. (Jack) West, MD, medical oncologist, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses recent advancements for patients with T790M-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Dr. Harold J. Burstein on CDK4/CDK6 Inhibitor Abemaciclib in Breast Cancer

August 7th 2016

​Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, Senior Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discusses the results of MONARCH1, which looked at abemaciclib as monotherapy in patients with ER-positive breast cancer, after chemotherapy for advanced disease.

Dr. Robert Coleman on the Importance of BRCA Testing in Ovarian Cancer

August 4th 2016

Robert Coleman, MD a professor in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the importance of BRCA testing for patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Dr. Keith T. Flaherty on 3-Year Follow-up of COMBI-d in Metastatic Melanoma

August 2nd 2016

Challenges With a Precision Medicine-Based Approach in Oncology

August 1st 2016

Holli Dilks, PhD, director, Personalized Medicine Operations, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the challenges associated with having a precision medicine-based approach in the field of oncology.

Dr. Topalian on Evolution of PD-1/PD-L1 Agents in Oncology

August 1st 2016

Suzanne L. Topalian, MD, director, Melanoma Program, professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses how the use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in multiple tumor types has dramatically evolved over the last 4 years.

Dr. Falchook on KTN3379 in Advanced Tumors

July 29th 2016

Gerald S. Falchook, MD, director, Drug Development, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses a phase Ib study examining the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and antitumor activity of the anti-ErbB3 agent KTN3379 in adults with advanced tumors. The agent was studied alone and with targeted therapies.

Dr. El-Jawahri on Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Lung or GI Cancer

July 29th 2016

Areej R. El-Jawahri, MD, assistant in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses a study examining early integrated palliative care for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) or lung cancer and the impact it has on family caregiver outcomes.

Impact of Precision Medicine in Refractory Malignancies

July 28th 2016

Maria Schwaederle, PharmD, Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy and Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California, San Diego, discusses results of a meta-analysis of 13,203 patients in phase I clinical trials.

Dr. Lancet on CPX-351 in Elderly Patients With AML

July 28th 2016

Jeffrey E. Lancet, MD, medical oncologist, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses results of a randomized phase III study comparing the efficacy of CPX-351 (Vyxeos) versus daunorubicin (7+3) plus cytarabine in older patients with newly diagnosed, high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Dr. Kaufman on Avelumab in Merkel Cell Carcinoma

July 28th 2016

Howard L. Kaufman, MD, chief surgical officer, associate director for clinical science, surgical oncologist, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discusses the phase II JAVELIN Merkel 200 study examining avelumab as a treatment for patients with Merkel cell carcinoma.

Dr. Arkenau on Advancements on Horizon in Gastric Cancer

July 27th 2016

Hendrik-Tobias Arkenau, MD, PhD, founding medical director, executive medical director, Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK, discusses immunotherapy advancements on the horizon in the field of gastric cancer.

Dr. van den Bent on Adjuvant Temozolomide in Anaplastic Glioma

July 27th 2016

Martin J. Van Den Bent, MD, professor, Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, the Netherland, discusses the results of an interim analysis of the randomized phase III CANTON trial, which investigated concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in patients with anaplastic glioma without a 1p/19q co-deletion.

Dr. Abou-Alfa on Significance of RESORCE Trial for HCC

July 26th 2016

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the significance of the RESORCE trial, which explored regorafenib (Stivarga) versus best supportive care for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma who progressed after receiving sorafenib (Nexavar).

Dr. Tolcher on Utomilumab Plus Pembrolizumab in Advanced Solid Tumors

July 25th 2016

Anthony W. Tolcher, MD, director of clinical research at South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics San Antonio, discusses a phase Ib study examining the combination of the 4-1BB agonist utomilumab (PF-05082566) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as a treatment for patients with advanced solid tumors.

Dr. Younes Discusses FDA Approval of Nivolumab in Hodgkin Lymphoma

July 25th 2016

Anas Younes, MD, chief of the Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the impact of the FDA approval of nivolumab (Opdivo) for the treatment of patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Dr. Oh on Recognizing Symptom Burden in Advanced Prostate Cancer

July 22nd 2016

William K. Oh, MD, professor of Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology, and Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses a global study aimed at recognizing symptom burden in patients with advanced prostate cancer.