ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Dr. Sohal on Perioperative mFOLFIRINOX in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

June 22nd 2017

Davendra Sohal, MD, MPH, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses an ongoing study exploring mFOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

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. 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).

Dr. Yardley on the APHINITY Trial for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

June 20th 2017

Denise Yardley, MD, senior investigator at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the APHINITY trial investigating pertuzumab (Perjeta) for patients with adjuvant HER2-positive breast cancer.

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. Lee on Combining Anti-PD-L1 to Standard of Care for Head and Neck Cancer

June 20th 2017

Nancy Y. Lee, MD, vice chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the combination of a PD-L1 inhibitor to the standard of care for patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Chi on Androgen Deprivation Therapy for High-Risk Metastatic Hormone-Naive Prostate Cancer

June 20th 2017

Kim Chi, MD, associate director of clinical research, Vancouver Prostate Centre, professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, discusses androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) plus prednisone or placebo in patients with high-risk metastatic hormone-naïve prostate 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).

Dr. Freedman on Preventing Brain Metastases in HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 20th 2017

Rachel A. Freedman, MD, MPH, associate clinical director, Breast Oncology Center, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, senior physician, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses preventing brain metastases in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Tripathy Discusses Immunotherapy in HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 19th 2017

Debu Tripathy, MD, chair of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy in HER2-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Ferris on Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

June 19th 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 immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer.

Dr. Somaiah on CMB305 in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

June 19th 2017

Neeta Somaiah, MD, assistant professor, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses phase I findings of CMB305 in patients with NY-ESO-1–positive recurrent soft tissue sarcoma.

Dr. Abramson on TRANSCEND on JCAR017 Therapy in NHL

June 19th 2017

Jeremy S. Abramson, MD, clinical director, Center for Lymphoma, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the TRANSCEND study, which is exploring the CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy JCAR017 in patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Dr. Atkins Discusses the IMmotion150 Trial in RCC

June 16th 2017

Michael B. Atkins, MD, deputy director, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor of oncology and medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, discusses the IMmotion150 trial in renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Chowdhury on Pembrolizumab Plus Pazopanib in RCC

June 16th 2017

Simon Chowdhury, MD, consultant medical oncologist specializing in urological cancer, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, United Kingdom, discusses the combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and pazopanib (Votrient) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Efficacy of Pembrolizumab in Multiple Subtypes of Sarcoma

June 16th 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 a clinical trial exploring the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in multiple subtypes of sarcoma.

Maintenance Olaparib Shows Promise in Platinum-Sensitive Serous Ovarian Cancer

June 16th 2017

The PARP inhibitor olaparib demonstrated clinically significant, long-term treatment benefits in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed serous ovarian cancer in a recent study.

Dr. Bekaii-Saab on Napabucasin Plus Nab-paclitaxel/Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer

June 16th 2017

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses a phase I study of napabucasin plus nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) and gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.