Expert Interviews

Panelists discuss how emerging treatments, digital health tools, and enhanced care coordination could streamline disease management and improve quality of life while identifying opportunities to strengthen provider communication and access to resources.

Panelists discuss how their lived experiences and insights as patients should inform research priorities, treatment development, and care delivery improvements while sharing hopes for a future cure that would eliminate ongoing disease management needs and allow greater life flexibility.

Panelists discuss how they maintain treatment adherence through digital health apps, calendar reminders, and symptom journals while working closely with their care teams to address uncertainties and make informed decisions about therapy adjustments, with crucial support from caregivers who help track appointments and provide emotional encouragement throughout their chronic care journey.

Panelists discuss how they navigated initial treatment confusion by seeking clarification from healthcare providers, consulting patient resources, and connecting with support groups to better understand their care journey.

There were no new safety signals with cemiplimab plus chemotherapy in the phase 2 EPIC-A trial, Challapalli stated.

With Kevin Kalinsky, MD, the Oncology Brothers discuss sequencing treatment for endocrine-resistant diseases, which involves using a strategic approach to combat resistance to hormonal therapies. It includes combining therapies such as CDK4/6 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, and chemotherapy, aiming to overcome resistance and improve patient outcomes.

With Kevin Kalinsky, MD, the Oncology Brothers discuss metastatic breast cancer treatment, including hormone therapy, targeted therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiation. Options depend on cancer type, location, and patient health. The goal is to manage symptoms, slow progression, and improve quality of life.

With Kevin Kalinsky, MD, the Oncology Brothers discuss the treatment of locally advanced disease, which typically involves a multimodal approach, including surgery, radiation, and systemic therapies such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted agents. The goal is to control tumor spread, reduce recurrence risk, and improve survival outcomes.

With Kevin Kalinsky, MD, the Oncology Brothers discuss hormone receptor–positive (HR+) breast cancer treatment, which targets HR+ tumors using hormone therapy (eg, tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors), chemotherapy, targeted therapy (eg, CDK4/6 inhibitors), or sometimes surgery or radiation, depending on cancer stage and risk factors.

Other ongoing urothelial cancer trials are assessing enfortumab vedotin–based combinations in the neoadjuvant setting.

Given resource scarcity, developing practice strategies for resource-constrained settings would require aid from commercial and government stakeholders.

Approximately 95% of those with a complete response to enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab were alive after 2 years in the phase 3 EV-302 trial.

According to Megan Mullins, PhD, MPH, challenging cultural norms surrounding death and dying may reduce the receipt of low-value end-of-life cancer care.

When pembrolizumab is combined with immunotherapies, the incidence of grade 3 to 5 toxicities increases, especially with anti–CTLA-4 combinations.

Thomas Powles, MBBS, MRCP, MD, highlighted fatigue, nausea, and peripheral neuropathy as toxicities observed with enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab.

“We’ve seen with the initial anti-CTLA-4 ipilimumab experience that, as time went by, we were better at identifying and managing toxicities,” stated Omid Hamad, MD.

This video segment discusses strategies for patient education and preparation for second-line treatment with RAS GTPase inhibitors, as well as therapeutic options to consider if a patient progresses on adagrasib.

This video segment explores the potential role of KRAS-targeted therapies in the frontline treatment of KRAS-positive metastatic NSCLC, highlighting considerations for specific patient populations and disease characteristics.

This video segment examines strategies for managing adverse events associated with adagrasib, comparing its safety profile to other RAS GTPase inhibitors like sotorasib, and discusses key differences, benefits, and risks that may influence treatment selection or consideration of clinical trials.

Earlier and more frequent talks about disabling ICDs with patients receiving end-of-life care and their families may help avoid excessive pain.