Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer

In this series of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Richard Burkhart, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, discuss the potential for personalized medicine with patient-derived organoids in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

EP. 1: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Role of the Gastroenterologist

April 6th 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, discuss the involvement of the gastroenterologist from diagnosis to palliative care in the management of patients with pancreatic cancer.

EP. 2: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Patient-Derived Organoids

April 7th 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide an overview of patient-derived organoids and pharmacotyping in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

EP. 3: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Organoid Collection

April 13th 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, highlight the three ways in which an organoid can be used to aid clinical sequencing and treatment selection in pancreatic cancer.

EP. 4: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Success of Growing Organoids

April 14th 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, shed light on the process of obtaining sufficient tissue through endoscopic ultrasound–guided biopsies to generate organoids.

EP. 5: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound and Cross-Sectional Imaging

April 20th 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, review the potential advantages of using endoscopic ultrasound to enhance current molecular diagnostic techniques in pancreatic cancer.

EP. 6: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Expectations for the Future

April 21st 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide insight into some of the regulatory challenges of organoid development and share expectations for the future of pharmacotyping in treatment selection.

EP. 7: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Ongoing Research

April 27th 2023

In this seventh episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, discuss ongoing research such as the PASS-01 trial (NCT04469556) in pancreatic cancer and ways to translate advances in the metastatic setting to the curative setting.