Immuno-Oncology | Specialty

Expert Addresses Advances and Challenges With Immunotherapy in RCC

June 26th 2017

Moshe Ornstein, MD, discusses the obstacles physicians are facing with the use of immunotherapy for patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Lara on Epacadostat Plus Pembrolizumab in RCC

June 23rd 2017

Primo N. Lara, MD, associate director for translational research, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses epacadostat plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Potential Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Patients With Sarcoma

June 23rd 2017

Lisa H. Butterfield, PhD, professor of medicine, surgery, and immunology, director, University of Pittsburgh Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, president of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, discusses the potential role for immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with sarcoma.

Frontline Pembrolizumab Approval Leaves Questions for Later Lines in Bladder Cancer

June 23rd 2017

Jorge Garcia, MD, discusses how the field of bladder cancer has transformed with the FDA approval of pembrolizumab, and how oncologists should choose between 5 checkpoint inhibitors now available for the second-line setting and beyond.

Dr. Jonasch on the Potential of Immunotherapy for Sarcomatoid RCC

June 23rd 2017

Eric Jonasch, MD, professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the potential of immunotherapy for patients with sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Dr. Machiels on Pembrolizumab in Head and Neck Cancer

June 23rd 2017

Jean-Pascal Machiels, MD, head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Sain-Luc, discusses pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Plimack on KEYNOTE-045 Trial for Pembrolizumab in Urothelial Carcinoma

June 22nd 2017

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the updated findings of the KEYNOTE-045 trial of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in urothelial carcinoma.

Dr. Ferris on Combining Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer

June 22nd 2017

Robert Ferris, MD, PhD, vice chair for Clinical Operations, associate director for Translational Research, and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, discusses the rationale for combining radiation therapy with immunotherapy for the treatment of patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Garcia on FDA Approval of Pembrolizumab in Bladder Cancer

June 22nd 2017

Jorge Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the May 2017 FDA approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with urothelial carcinoma.

Dr. Uzzo on Trials Investigating Immunotherapy in Kidney Cancer

June 22nd 2017

Robert G. Uzzo, MD, chair, Surgical Oncology, G. Willing "Wing" Pepper Chair in Cancer Research, senior vice-president, Physician Services, president, Fox Chase Cancer Center Medical Group, Inc., professor of surgery, Temple University Health System, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in kidney cancer.

Dr. Abou-Alfa on Trials Investigating Immunotherapy in HCC

June 22nd 2017

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses trials investigating immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Dr. Verschraegen on Combining Immunotherapy Agents in Lung Cancer

June 22nd 2017

Claire Verschraegen, MD, professor of medical oncology, University of Vermont Cancer Center, discussing combining avelumab (Bavencio) with other immunotherapy agents for patients with lung cancer.

Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Combo Active in Sarcoma

June 21st 2017

Dual checkpoint inhibition with nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) induced an objective response rate of 16% in patients with heavily treated, unselected, metastatic sarcoma, according to findings from the phase II ALLIANCE A091401 trial.

Dr. Black on Sequencing of Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer

June 21st 2017

Peter Black, MD, senior research scientist, Vancouver Prostate Center, associate professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, discusses sequencing of immunotherapy for patients with bladder cancer.

Dr. Gandhi on Pembrolizumab/Chemo Findings in NSCLC and FDA Approval

June 21st 2017

Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, director, Thoracic Medical Oncology Program, discusses the findings of cohort G of the KEYNOTE-021 trial that explored the combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) with carboplatin and pemetrexed for patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Expert Discusses Durvalumab for Urothelial Carcinoma

June 20th 2017

Christophe Massard, MD, PhD, discusses the latest developments with durvalumab (Imfinzi) in urothelial carcinoma.

Dr. Machiels on Toxicities with Pembrolizumab for Head and Neck Cancer

June 20th 2017

Jean-Pascal Machiels, MD, head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Cliniques Universitaires Sain-Luc, discusses toxicities with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in combination with chemoradiation for patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Birrer on Checkpoint Inhibitors for Endometrial Cancer

June 20th 2017

Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center in Alabama, discusses checkpoint inhibitors for patients with endometrial cancer.

Dr. Hellmann on Nivolumab in Combination with Ipilimumab for Small Cell Lung Cancer

June 20th 2017

Matthew D. Hellmann, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the CheckMate-032 study investigating nivolumab (Opdivo) with or without ipilimumab (Yervoy) for patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Dr. Diaz on Pembrolizumab for CRC

June 20th 2017

Luis A. Diaz, MD, head of the division of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the impact of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC).