Authors


John Allen, MD

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Recurrent Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung With Cutaneous Metastasis in Breast

Experts present a case of recurrent small cell lung cancer presenting with a cutaneous metastatic nodule in the right breast.


Eduardo Gonzalez-Ochoa, MD

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69-Year-Old Man With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progressing After Docetaxel and Androgen Receptor-Targeting Agent

Experts discuss the case of a 69-year-old man with a history of metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with androgen deprivation therapy with leuprolide. 


Haydee Verduzco-Aguirre, MD

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69-Year-Old Man With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Progressing After Docetaxel and Androgen Receptor-Targeting Agent

Experts discuss the case of a 69-year-old man with a history of metastatic prostate cancer previously treated with androgen deprivation therapy with leuprolide. 



Madison Grinnell

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HPV and the Immune System in Head and Neck Cancers: Therapeutic Considerations

A review of the role of immune therapy in HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, along with the evidence and perspective behind differing therapeutic considerations.


Howard S. Hochster, MD

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Chemotherapy Drug Shortages: It’s Soluble

Howard S. Hochster, MD, reviews the potential solutions for the current chemotherapy drug shortages, and how this can be avoided in the future.


Brielle Benyon

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MAIC Study Finds Similar Results With Linvoseltamab/Teclistamab in R/R Multiple Myeloma

Similar outcomes were noted when linvoseltamab and teclistamab were analyzed as treatments for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Judd W. Moul, MD, FACS

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Defining PSA Nadir After Definitive Therapy in Prostate Cancer 

Brian Helfand, MD, PhD, describes the ways in which the PSA nadir can be defined after definitive therapy and the implications of the definition used for patients with prostate cancer. 


Andrew Chang, MD

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Managing Prostate Cancer Surgical Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Brief Report of the Duke Cancer Institute’s Initial Experience

Experts from the Duke Cancer Institute outline their current approach to stratifying surgical management of patients with prostate cancer.


Brenda Jimenez-Franco, MD

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Immune-Related Adverse Events Involving Multiple Organ Sites in a Patient Treated With Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab

Experts discuss the case of a 56-year-old white man who presents with multiple immune-related adverse events


Andrew A. Davis, MD

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Association of Financial Conflicts of Interest With Academic Productivity Among Junior Faculty in Hematology and Oncology

Conflicts of interest for junior faculty members were evaluated at top cancer centers by Suneel D. Kamath, MD, et al. to determine how financial conflicts of interest correlated with measures of academic career productivity.


Beth Fand Incollingo

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Sotorasib Demonstrates Promising Antitumor Activity in Advanced NSCLC

Sotorasib showed promising antitumor activity in patients with non-small cell lung cancer that harbor the KRAS p.G12C mutation.


Ryan McDonald

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FDA OKs Zanubrutinib to Treat Leukemia Subtypes

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic leukemia can now receive treatment with zanubrutinib following its approval by the FDA.


Conor Killmurray

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Mirvetuximab Yields HRQOL Improvement in FRα-Positive Ovarian Cancer

Patient reported outcomes from the phase 3 MIRASOL trial showed improvement when mirvetuximab was used vs standard of care in folate receptor-alpha positive ovarian cancer resistant ovarian cancer.


Stephen Schuster, MD

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Stephen Schuster, MD, Gives Advice for Treating Aggressive Lymphomas During COVID-19 Pandemic

Stephen Schuster, MD, talked about the benefits of conducting routine visits remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing doctors to see and treat more patients safely and efficiently.


Jessica Skarzynski

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Greater Sleep Disturbance Associated With External Factors in Patients With GI Cancers

In patients with gastrointestinal cancers, factors such as younger age and comorbidities, among others, were significantly associated with a greater likelihood of sleep disturbance.


Jason Harris

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Circulating KIM-1 May Predict Benefit With Atezolizumab in RCC

KIM-1 was the most significantly enriched circulating protein in recurrence vs baseline serum samples among patients in the IMmotion010 trial.


Eric Jonasch, MD

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Eric Jonasch, MD, on Next Steps in MK-6482 in VHL Disease–Associated RCC

The MD Anderson Cancer Center expert discussed next steps for those with von Hippel-Lindau disease–associated renal cell carcinoma being treated with the HIF-2a Inhibitor.


Amir Goldkorn, MD

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Amir Goldkorn, MD Talks Next Steps for SWOG 1216 Trial

The University of Southern California expert discusses next steps for the trial and how the recent results could impact the future of care for patients with prostate cancer.


Courtney DiNardo, MD

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Courtney DiNardo, MD, on Looking Forward in AML Treatment

The MD Anderson Cancer Center expert discussed the future of acute myeloid leukemia treatment, and how the field is evolving rapidly.


Kelly Morgan, MS, CGC

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Kelly Morgan, MS, CGC, the Future of Telemedicine and Genetic Testing

The MSK expert discussed how telemedicine may change genetic testing and its access for patients.


Matthew Steven Davids, MD, MMSc

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Matthew Steven Davids, MD, MMSc, on the Venetoclax, R-EPOCH Combo for Richter’s Syndrome

The CLL expert spoke about the implications of this study for patients and how patients can apply this knowledge to their own course of treatment.


Thierry André, MD

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Thierry André, MD, on Interim Results from the Phase III Keynote-177 Study

The findings, presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program, are the first to show benefit with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced colorectal cancer when used as a front-line therapy.


Benoit You, MD, PhD

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Benoit You, MD, PhD, on the use of Avelumab to Treat Patients With Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors

The expert from the Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud discussed the results of a phase II study of avelumab for patients with GTT who were resistant to chemotherapy.


John Kuruvilla, MD

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John Kuruvilla, MD, Discusses Toxicities Observed in the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-204 Study

The expert in hematology highlighted the toxicities reported in this trial and explained the differences observed between the 2 drugs studied.


Thomas Powles, MD, PhD

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Dosing Lenvatinib for Treatment of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Kidney cancer experts explain how they dose lenvatinib in advanced renal cell carcinoma treatment to mitigate toxicities.


Lisa Astor

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Sacituzumab Govitecan Yields Improved Survival Regardless of Trop-2 Levels for HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

Improvements in survival were observed in patients with pretreated, endocrine-resistant hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who were treated with sacituzumab govitecan vs physician’s choice.


Andres Poveda, MD

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Andres Poveda, MD, on the Implications of the Phase 3 SOLO2/ENGOT-ov21 Trial

The expert in ovarian cancer indicated that treatment with the studied maintenance olaparib tablets could aid patients in having a more regular lifestyle.


Dylann Cohn-Emery

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Firmonertinib Yields Responses in EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Subtype

Confirmed partial responses with firmonertinib occurred across a range of EGFR PACC mutations among patients with NSCLC in the phase 1b FURTHER trial.


Jason M. Broderick

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Durcabtagene Autoleucel Yields Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma

Treatment with durcabtagene autoleucel meets the primary end point of a phase 2 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.