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February 09, 2019
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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.
February 05, 2019
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Holger L. Gieschen, MD, assistant professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, radiation oncologist, West Cancer Center, discusses standard approaches to radiation therapy in prostate cancer.
January 16, 2019
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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.
January 11, 2019
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Harsha Ranganath, MD, discusses the current and future treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
January 10, 2019
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Holger L. Gieschen, MD, discusses the role of radiation therapy in prostate cancer and ongoing efforts to further refine this strategy.
January 08, 2019
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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.
January 08, 2019
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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).
January 02, 2019
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Walter Rayford, MD, PhD, MBA, discusses a race-based study in prostate cancer and how these results can drive treatment and diagnostic strategies.
December 20, 2018
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Bradley G. Somer, MD, discusses the potential of combination regimens for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
December 14, 2018
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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.
December 11, 2018
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Daniel Vaena, MD, medical oncologist and hematologist, West Cancer Center, discusses the importance of risk stratification in prostate cancer.
December 11, 2018
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Heather Greene, a nurse practitioner at West Cancer Center, discusses common treatment-related toxicities in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
August 14, 2018
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Michael Ulm, MD, fellow, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, West Cancer Center, discusses the rationale and results of a trial for postoperative pain management in gynecological cancer.
April 11, 2018
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Benny Weksler, MD, FACS, discusses the use of surgery in a biomarker-driven and drug-dependent era and highlights other cases in which surgery can benefit patients with NSCLC.
April 10, 2018
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Ari VanderWalde, MD, explains his trepidation with combinations of chemotherapy and immunotherapy in NSCLC.
March 23, 2018
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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.
March 21, 2018
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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.
March 14, 2018
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Heather Greene, NP, discusses the safety profile for patients with lung cancer receiving immunotherapy, and the importance for reporting immune-related adverse events.
March 13, 2018
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Holger L. Gieschen, MD, discusses the latest developments with radiation therapy in non-small cell lung cancer.
March 09, 2018
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David C. Portnoy, MD, discusses emerging developments with targeted agents in lung cancer.