Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD

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Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Existing Concerns

July 5th 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss existing concerns regarding multicancer early detection tests.

Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Need for a Multidisciplinary Clinic

June 28th 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, underscore the need for a multidisciplinary clinic to appropriately interpret multicancer early detection test results.

Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Research Efforts Under Way

June 21st 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss some of the challenges faced with randomized control trials and 2 efforts underway that are slated to provide revelatory data on these assays.

Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Overview and Call for RCTs

June 14th 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, provide an overview on multicancer early detection tests and the need for randomized clinical trials to further explore their use.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Ongoing Research

April 27th 2023

In this seventh episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, discuss ongoing research such as the PASS-01 trial (NCT04469556) in pancreatic cancer and ways to translate advances in the metastatic setting to the curative setting.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Expectations for the Future

April 21st 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide insight into some of the regulatory challenges of organoid development and share expectations for the future of pharmacotyping in treatment selection.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Sensitivity of Endoscopic Ultrasound and Cross-Sectional Imaging

April 20th 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, review the potential advantages of using endoscopic ultrasound to enhance current molecular diagnostic techniques in pancreatic cancer.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Success of Growing Organoids

April 14th 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, shed light on the process of obtaining sufficient tissue through endoscopic ultrasound–guided biopsies to generate organoids.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Organoid Collection

April 13th 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, highlight the three ways in which an organoid can be used to aid clinical sequencing and treatment selection in pancreatic cancer.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Patient-Derived Organoids

April 7th 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide an overview of patient-derived organoids and pharmacotyping in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer: Role of the Gastroenterologist

April 6th 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, discuss the involvement of the gastroenterologist from diagnosis to palliative care in the management of patients with pancreatic cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: An Evolving Field

April 5th 2023

In this seventh episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, discuss the convergence of gastroenterology and interventional gastroenterology in gastrointestinal cancer management and the future of interventional endoscopy.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Efforts to Advance the Field

March 31st 2023

In this sixth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, share efforts to increase awareness around endoscopy in gastrointestinal cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Endoscopic Oncology and Existing Barriers

March 29th 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, review the potential role for endoscopic ablation in gastrointestinal cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Endoscopic Cancer Resection

March 24th 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, provide insight on the use of endoscopic submucosal resection and endoscopic evaluation for tumor response as it pertains to organ preservation in gastrointestinal cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Examining the Role of Endoscopy

March 22nd 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, highlight the advantages and scope of endoscopic procedures in gastrointestinal cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Interventional Oncology

March 17th 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, explain the evolution of minimally invasive surgery and the emergence of interventional radiology in gastrointestinal cancer.

Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers: Multidisciplinary Care

March 15th 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, discuss the importance of endoscopic oncology as it relates to rising cancer incidence and multidisciplinary care in gastrointestinal cancer.