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Maintenance Rituximab Post-ASCT Associated With Improved OS in MCL

September 19, 2017

Patients who received maintenance therapy with rituximab (Rituxan) following autologous stem cell transplantation as treatment for mantle cell lymphoma had a survival advantage, according to results from a retrospective single-center study.

Dr. Herrera on Next Steps of Drug Combinations for Hodgkin Lymphoma

February 17, 2017

Alex Herrera, MD, assistant professor, Department of Hematology and Hematologic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, discusses next steps for a phase I/II study of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination with nivolumab (Opdivo) in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.

Dr. Pal on Preoperative Immunotherapy in Patients With RCC

January 24, 2017

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, medical oncologist, assistant clinical professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, co-director, Kidney Cancer Program, City of Hope, discusses the potential with immunotherapy in the preoperative setting for patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Twardowski on Steps Toward Optimal Sequencing for mCRPC Therapies

December 17, 2016

Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, MD, director, Prostate Oncology Strategic Program, director, Genitourinary Program, clinical professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, discusses the necessary steps toward determining optimal sequencing of treatments for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Dr. Yuh on Outcomes Between RT and Surgery in Prostate Cancer

November 04, 2016

Bertram Yuh, MD, an assistant clinical professor of Urologic Oncology and a urologic oncology surgeon at City of Hope, compares the outcomes with surgery and radiation treatment in patients with localized prostate cancer. Yuh shared this insight in an interview during the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on GU Cancer.

Dr. Pal on Sequencing Challenges for the Treatment of Patients With RCC

November 03, 2016

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, medical oncologist, assistant clinical professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, discusses the challenges with sequencing the therapies available for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Pal shared this insight in an interview during the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on GU Cancer.

Dr. Lau on Controversies Surrounding Prostate Cancer Screening

November 01, 2016

Clayton S. Lau, MD, director, Urologic Oncology, director, Robotic Surgery, Prostate Cancer Surgery, interim chair of Urology, City of Hope, discusses the controversies surrounding prostate cancer screening. Lau spoke on this in an interview during the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on GU Cancer.

Dr. Twardowski on Sequencing Therapies for Patients With mCRPC

October 14, 2016

Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, MD, director, Prostate Oncology Strategic Program, director, Genitourinary Program, clinical professor, Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, medical oncologist, discusses the challenge with sequencing therapies for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Expert Discusses Bone-Targeted Agents and Other Developments in mCRPC

October 11, 2016

Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, MD, describes the available therapies for patients with advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, including bone-targeted therapies; the work that still lies ahead with these treatments; and the challenges with finding biomarkers to help develop targeted agents.

Prognostic Truths May Be in the Eye of the Beholder

September 28, 2016

Perhaps oncologists know that having a detailed understanding of population-based survival statistics is very different from such knowledge of the future clinical course of an individual patient.

Expert Explains Role for Newly Approved TKI/mTOR Combo in RCC

May 25, 2016

Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD, provides insight on the FDA approval of the TKI lenvatinib in combination with everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor as a treatment for patients with advanced RCC following prior antiangiogenic therapy.

Reason Versus Dogma: It's Time to Move Beyond the Phase III Trial Mantra

May 19, 2016

Shouldn’t the goal of oncologists be to do what is best for their patients, regardless of the currently existing level of evidence and particularly when any timeline for obtaining that "gold standard" evidence will be irrelevant for the patient being cared for today?

Germline Genetic Testing Raises Thorny Ethical Questions

May 03, 2016

If germline testing for a cancer-associated purpose reveals the risk of an unrelated illness like Alzheimer disease, should patients routinely be told—even if there’s nothing that can be done about that “incidental” finding?