ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Dr. Becerra on Ribociclib/Letrozole in ER+/HER2- Breast Cancer

July 20th 2016

Carlos Becerra, MD, physician, Texas Oncology, discusses a study examining the combination of ribociclib and letrozole in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Dr. Wakelee on Immunotherapy Versus Targeted Agents in NSCLC

July 20th 2016

Heather A. Wakelee, MD, associate professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, discusses how immunotherapy agents compare with targeted therapies in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who harbor genetic alternations.

CNS and Dose-Reduction Events After Abiraterone/Prednisone in mCRPC

July 19th 2016

Ajay S. Behl, PhD, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, discusses a study examining the central nervous system (CNS) and dose-reduction events in patients with prostate cancer following treatment with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) plus prednisone.

Dr. Rugo on SWISH Trial for HR-Positive Breast Cancer

July 18th 2016

Hope S. Rugo, MD, professor of Medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the results of the SWISH trial, which examined a dexamethasone-based mouthwash for the prevention of everolimus/exemestane stomatitis in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimack on Nivolumab in Kidney Cancer

July 15th 2016

Dr. Martin Reck on Docetaxel/Ramucirumab in NSCLC

July 14th 2016

Dr. Blum on Takeaways from ABC Trials for Breast Cancer

July 14th 2016

Joanne Blum, MD, PhD, FACP, physician, Texas Oncology, discusses the key takeaways from the phase III ABC (anthracyclines in early breast cancer) trials, which compared docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide versus anthracycline/taxane-based chemotherapy regimens in patients with high-risk, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Dr. Rosenberg on Future Use of Atezolizumab in Bladder Cancer

July 13th 2016

Jonathan E. Rosenberg, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, discusses ongoing research of and next steps with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Dr. Nicholas Robert on MA.17R Trial for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

July 13th 2016

Nicholas J. Robert, MD, medical oncology, hematology, Virginia Cancer Specialists, US Oncology, discusses the MA.17R trial, which explored an extension of adjuvant letrozole for 5 years after completing an initial 5 years of aromatase inhibitor therapy alone or preceded by tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancer.

Dr. McDermott on Long-Term Benefit With Nivolumab in RCC

July 12th 2016

David F. McDermott, MD, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, staff physician, director, Biologic Therapy and Cutaneous Oncology Programs, Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses long-term follow-up results of treatment with nivolumab (Opdivo) for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Dr. Hamilton on ONT-380/T-DM1 in HER2+ Breast Cancer

July 12th 2016

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, director, Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research Program, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses a phase Ib study examining ONT-380 in combination with trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, and what potential the combination has in the neoadjuvant setting.

Dr. Taplin on ARMOR 3-SV Trial for Patients with mCRPC

July 11th 2016

Mary Ellen Taplin, MD, chair, executive committee for Clinical Research, director of Clinical Research, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, institute physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the ongoing ARMOR 3-SV trial for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Dr. Howard Burris on Patient-Reported Outcomes of MARIANNE

July 9th 2016

Dr. Jonathan Trent on Engineered T- cell Therapy in Sarcoma

July 9th 2016

Dr. Saad on Patients With mCRPC Eligible for 6-Doses of Radium-223

July 8th 2016

Fred Saad, MD, professor and chairman of Urology, director of GU Oncology, the University of Montreal Hospital Centers, discusses results of an analysis that examined which patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer are able to receive the recommended 6-doses of radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo).

Dr. Jorge Garcia on METEOR Trial for RCC

July 7th 2016

Jorge A. Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, discusses the results of the phase III METEOR trial, which compared the efficacy of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) versus everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Esteva on Trastuzumab Biosimilar in Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer

July 7th 2016

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncology, New York Langone Medical Center, discusses a phase III study of the biosimilar version of trastuzumab (Herceptin) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Nanus on Next Steps With Atezolizumab in Patients With mUC

July 7th 2016

David M. Nanus, MD, medical oncologist, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the unanswered questions that remain with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).

Dr. Kurian on Association of Ovarian Cancer Risk With Mutations Detected by Multiple-Gene Germline Sequencing

July 6th 2016

Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc, associate professor of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an ongoing trial exploring the association of ovarian cancer risk with mutations detected by multiple-gene germline sequencing in 95,561 women.

Dr. Bauer on Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Patients With SCLC

July 5th 2016

Todd Bauer, MD, associate director, Drug Development, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the safety and efficacy of single-agent rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), a delta-like protein 3 (DLL3)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate in recurrent/refractory patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).