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March 27, 2020
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, discusses recommendations for screening in prostate cancer.
March 19, 2020
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, professor, chair of the Department of Urology, and director of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Network, of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses the evolution of androgen receptor (AR) inhibitors in prostate cancer.
February 20, 2020
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Benjamin P. Levy, MD, discusses the importance of repeat testing in non–small cell lung cancer.
January 17, 2020
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Patrick Brown, MD, discusses the encouraging results of blinatumomab (Blincyto) in the AALL1331 trial.
November 28, 2019
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Benjamin P. Levy, MD, discusses first-line treatment for patients with nondriver non–small cell lung cancer.
November 15, 2019
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Benjamin P. Levy, MD, discusses the identification of molecular drivers in non–small cell lung cancer.
October 22, 2019
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, discusses the growth of genetic testing in prostate cancer, how to determine who should undergo testing, and what the future holds in this space.
October 15, 2019
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Veda N. Giri, MD, discusses the increasing need for genetic counseling among men at risk of developing prostate cancer.
October 08, 2019
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, discusses the challenges of genetic testing in prostate cancer.
September 18, 2019
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, FACS, discusses the role of genetic testing and emerging biomarkers in prostate cancer.
April 19, 2019
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, professor, chair, Department of Urology, director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Network, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses the prevalence of genetic testing in prostate cancer.
April 18, 2019
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Leonard G. Gomella, MD, underscores the need for genetic testing in prostate cancer, sheds light on important biomarkers in the space, and explains how these tests are helping oncologists facilitate a precision medicine approach.
April 18, 2019
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The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health recently welcomed Anjali Mishra, PhD, and Nitin Chakravarti, PhD, to a growing team of researchers focused on hematologic cancers.
April 09, 2019
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For women at average risk for breast cancer who are between the ages of 40 and 49 years, clinicians should have a personalized approach on whether their patients should be screened with mammography prior to the age of 50.
November 20, 2018
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Higher survival rates were observed with radical prostatectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy in men with locally advanced prostate cancer.
September 10, 2018
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The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health announces a collaboration with Driver, a first-of-its-kind global technology platform that connects cancer patients to the best treatments, which launched today in the United States and China.
July 16, 2018
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Benjamin P. Levy, MD, highlights the pros and cons of the different platforms for circulating tumor DNA detection, as well as the benefits and limitations of liquid biopsies.
July 13, 2018
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Leonard Gomella, MD, professor, chair, Department of Urology, director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Network, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, discusses the FDA approval of enzalutamide (Xtandi) for the treatment of men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
May 24, 2018
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James L. Godwin, MD, physician, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, discusses immunotherapy efforts in prostate cancer.
May 23, 2018
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Edouard J. Trabulsi, MD, FACS, professor, co-director, Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Center, Prostate Diagnostic Center, vice chair of research, director, Division of Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, discusses postoperative radiation in patients with prostate cancer.