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Dr. Rayford on Improving Stratification of Patients With Prostate Cancer

February 09, 2019

Walter Rayford, MD, PhD, MBA, a urologic oncologist with the Urology Group and associate professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses ways to improve stratification of patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Rayford on Racial Risk Stratification in Prostate Cancer

January 16, 2019

Walter Rayford, MD, PhD, MBA, a urologic oncologist with the Urology Group and associate professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses a study aiming to refine racial risk stratification in prostate cancer.

Assessing Risk Stratification Across Pivotal Prostate Cancer Trials

January 08, 2019

Daniel Vaena, MD, discusses the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-naïve disease and nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, underscoring the importance of risk stratification in both settings.

Dr. Somer on Treatment Selection Considerations in RCC

January 08, 2019

Bradley G. Somer, MD, an associate professor of hematology/oncology and head of strategic expansion/development at the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses treatment selection considerations in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Dr. Gieschen on Patient Selection for Radiation in Prostate Cancer

December 14, 2018

Holger L. Gieschen, MD, assistant professor, Department of Radiology, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, radiation oncologist, West Cancer Center, discusses patient selection for radiation in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Dr. VanderWalde on the Clinical Implications of IMpower150 and KEYNOTE-021

March 23, 2018

Ari VanderWalde, MD, MPH, director, West Cancer Center, assistant professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, discusses the design of the IMpower150 and KEYNOTE-021 trials.

Heather Greene on Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients With NSCLC

March 21, 2018

Heather Greene, a nurse practitioner at West Cancer Center, discusses the most common immune-related adverse events (AEs) in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and whether or not these AEs vary between agents.