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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.

Targeted Therapies Explored in Small Cell Lung Cancer

November 11th 2013, 7:40am

PER® New York Lung Cancer Symposium

While targeted and immunotherapy drugs have recently shown promise in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), similar developments in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) have not materialized.

Dr. Rizvi on PD-1 and PD-L1 Inhibitors in Lung Cancer

November 10th 2013, 10:00am

PER® New York Lung Cancer Symposium

Naiyer A. Rizvi, MD, an associate attending physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses PD-1 and PD-L1 antibodies in development for the treatment of lung cancer.

Dr. Shaw on Monitoring Crizotinib-Related Side Effects

November 10th 2013, 9:58am

PER® New York Lung Cancer Symposium

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, an attending physician in the Center for Thoracic Cancers at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses monitoring adverse events associated with crizotinib when treating patients with ALK-positive lung cancer

NY Symposium Tackles Emerging Agents, Pressing Questions in Lung Cancer

November 8th 2013, 2:53pm

PER® New York Lung Cancer Symposium

Leaders in thoracic medical oncology from major cancer centers will come together Saturday to discuss advances in the field of lung cancer treatment during the 8th Annual New York Lung Cancer Symposium® in New York City.

Dovitinib Fails as Third-Line Option in Kidney Cancer

October 3rd 2013, 10:25am

European Cancer Congress

Dovitinib failed to meet the primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival versus sorafenib (Nexavar) in patients with heavily pretreated progressive renal cell carcinoma

Biomarkers Predict Prognosis for Patients With mCRPC

October 3rd 2013, 8:46am

European Cancer Congress

A new biomarker panel taken 12 weeks after initiating treatment with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone can predict prognosis at 2 years in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Trebananib Shows Promise in Recurrent Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer

October 3rd 2013, 8:17am

European Cancer Congress

Trebananib added to paclitaxel significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer compared with placebo plus paclitaxel in the large international TRINOVA-1 trial.

Dr. Schmidinger on Targeted Agent Side Effects in RCC

October 2nd 2013, 10:23am

European Cancer Congress

Manuela Schmidinger, MD, medical oncologist, Medical University of Vienna, discusses the management of side effects from targeted agents in renal cell cancer, including hypertension, diarrhea, and hand-foot syndrome.

Dr. Yoshino on U3-1565 and TAS-102 in Colorectal Cancer

October 2nd 2013, 8:37am

European Cancer Congress

Takayuki Yoshino, MD, medical oncologist, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan, discusses U3-1565 and TAS-102, two agents used to treat colorectal cancer.

Pooled Analysis Reinforces Long-Term Survival Benefit With Ipilimumab

October 2nd 2013, 6:52am

European Cancer Congress

Results from a pooled analysis of data from 12 studies has demonstrated a long-term survival benefit that extends through at least 10 years for patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab.

Dr. Crinò on Crizotinib in ALK-Positive NSCLC

October 1st 2013, 10:41am

European Cancer Congress

Lucio Crinò, MD, discusses the results of the PROFILE 1007 trial that compared crizotinib with standard chemotherapy as second-line therapy for advanced ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer

Additional OS and PFS Benefits Seen With Aflibercept in Post-Hoc VELOUR Analysis

October 1st 2013, 8:02am

European Cancer Congress

A post-hoc analysis of the VELOUR trial demonstrated additional improvements in both overall survival and progression-free survival in favor of aflibercept plus FOLFIRI in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Dr. Hudis on BOLERO-3 Trial Biomarker Observations

October 1st 2013, 7:59am

European Cancer Congress

Clifford A. Hudis, MD, ASCO president, chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, attending physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, comments on exploratory biomarker observations from the BOLERO-3 trial.

Dual HER2 Blockade Less Effective in PI3KCA-Mutant Breast Cancer

October 1st 2013, 7:33am

European Cancer Congress

Breast cancer patients with PI3KCA mutations are less likely to achieve a pathological complete response from dual HER2 blockade in the neoadjuvant setting.

Enzalutamide Plus Abiraterone May Have Higher Response Rate in mCRPC Than Either Agent Alone

October 1st 2013, 7:08am

European Cancer Congress

Co-targeting metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer with the combination of enzalutamide plus abiraterone acetate may circumvent the compensatory mechanisms observed with either agent alone and lead to more profound suppression of androgen signaling.

Dr. Grünwald on Dovitinib Versus Sorafenib in mRCC

September 30th 2013, 4:44pm

European Cancer Congress

Viktor Grünwald, MD, PhD, from the Hannover Medical School, discusses a phase III trial that compared dovitinib to sorafenib for patients with mRCC following prior treatment with one VEGF inhibitor and one mTOR inhibitor.

Dr. Camidge on a Phase I Study With AZD9291 in NSCLC

September 30th 2013, 10:03am

European Cancer Congress

D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, Director, Thoracic Oncology Clinical Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses a phase I study looking at AZD9291 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Novel ALK Inhibitor Shows Promise Against Brain Metastasis in NSCLC

September 30th 2013, 9:13am

European Cancer Congress

The first-in-human phase I/II dose-finding study of a novel ALK/EGFR inhibitor called AP26113 demonstrated promising results in both crizotinib-resistant and crizotinib-naïve patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Survival Benefit Observed With Cetuximab in RAS Wild-Type Colorectal Cancer

September 30th 2013, 8:28am

European Cancer Congress

Cetuximab plus FOLFIRI may offer a survival advantage over FOLFIRI plus bevacizumab in the first-line treatment of patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer who do not have RAS mutations.

Dr. George on Critical Clinical Trials in Kidney Cancer

September 30th 2013, 8:11am

European Cancer Congress

Daniel J. George, MD, Director, GU Oncology, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses critical phase III clinical trials in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.