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December 02, 2019

Kathryn E. Beckermann, MD, PhD, discusses the available single-agent and combination options for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

December 02, 2019

Daniel A. Barocas, MD, MPH, FACS, discusses the CEASAR study in prostate cancer, as well as therapeutic updates in renal cell carcinoma.

November 28, 2019

Kathryn E. Beckermann, MD, PhD, discusses treatment selection in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

November 12, 2019

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses unique barriers facing patients with early-onset colorectal cancer.

April 11, 2019

The optimal anticoagulant takes into consideration a variety of components, including patient preference, the indication for anticoagulation, comorbidities, reversibility, and other factors relevant to the clinical scenario.

April 05, 2019

Douglas B. Johnson, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, clinical director, Melanoma Research Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, discusses the promise of combination therapy in patients with melanoma.

December 07, 2018

Leora Horn, MD, associate professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), assistant director, educator development program, clinical director, Thoracic Oncology, medical oncologist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Medical Center, discusses the FDA approval of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for use in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin), carboplatin, and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

October 16, 2018

Leora Horn, MD, associate professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), assistant director, educator development program, clinical director, Thoracic Oncology, medical oncologist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Medical Center, discusses next steps with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in small cell lung cancer.

September 25, 2018

Wade T. Iams, MD, and Erin A. Gillaspie, MD, MPH, discuss the impact that immunotherapy has had on the treatment of patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer.

July 23, 2018

Opioids are prescribed to manage cancer pain because the benefits generally outweigh the risks and because of the ethical imperative for quick relief. However, patients are exposed to a degree of risk for misuse and abuse.

July 20, 2018

Leora Horn, MD, associate professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), assistant director, educator development program, clinical director, Thoracic Oncology, medical oncologist, Vanderbilt-Ingram Medical Center, discusses selecting the necessary inhibitor for patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

May 15, 2018

The quest continues to identify a predictive biomarker of response to more precisely treat patients with checkpoint inhibitors that, while markedly beneficial to some patients, are not without their own costs and associated immune-related adverse effects.

December 28, 2017

Biliary tract cancers are rare but deadly diseases, subdivided into intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, and gallbladder carcinoma.

July 07, 2017

Pierre Massion, MD, on the necessity of having more people undergo lung cancer screening, ongoing clinical trials emphasizing the importance of early detection, and how to determine who is at highest risk for lung cancer.

June 08, 2017

Renal medullary carcinoma is a rare but devastating tumor type almost exclusively affecting young adults carrying 1 copy of hemoglobin beta (HBB) harboring the A17T mutation (HbS).

June 08, 2017

Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD, discusses the changing treatment landscape for patients with EGFR-mutant and ALK-positive NSCLC.