Shikha Jain, MD

Articles

Dr. Jain on the Push Toward Personalized Treatment Approaches in CRC With Liver Metastases

January 3rd 2022

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, discusses the push toward personalized treatment approaches in colorectal cancer with liver metastases.

Dr. Jain on the Importance of Communication for Multidisciplinary Care in CRC

December 21st 2021

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, discusses the importance of communication in patients with colorectal cancer and liver metastases who are receiving multidisciplinary care.

Dr. Jain on the Need to Enroll Heterogenous Populations to Clinical Trials in CRC

December 14th 2021

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, discusses the need to enroll heterogenous patient populations to clinical trials in colorectal cancer.

Dr. Jain on Advances With Surgery and Systemic Therapy in CRC With Liver Metastases

October 7th 2021

Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, discusses advances with surgical interventions and systemic therapies in colorectal cancer with liver metastases.

Biomarkers Drive ICIs in Colon Cancer

December 14th 2020

December 14, 2020 - Immunotherapy agents have shown efficacy in malignant melanoma, kidney cancer, and non–small cell lung cancer, and investigators are examining the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in less immunogenic tumors such as colon cancer, particularly in tumors with high microsatellite instability and deficient mismatch repair genes.

Telehealth Is Here to Stay: Opportunities and Challenges for Cancer Care

October 20th 2020

Oncology practices across the United States have rapidly increased telehealth use in 2020 to mitigate the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to patients with cancer who are at particular risk of complications.

Dr. Jain on Results of Gender Disparities Study in Oncology

June 18th 2019

Shikha Jain, MD, hematologist/oncologist, Rush University Medical Center, discusses the disparities between male and female professionals at medical conferences, specifically the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.