ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Dr. Taplin on ARMOR 3-SV Trial for Patients with mCRPC

July 11th 2016

Mary Ellen Taplin, MD, chair, executive committee for Clinical Research, director of Clinical Research, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, institute physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, associate professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the ongoing ARMOR 3-SV trial for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Dr. Howard Burris on Patient-Reported Outcomes of MARIANNE

July 9th 2016

Dr. Jonathan Trent on Engineered T- cell Therapy in Sarcoma

July 9th 2016

Dr. Saad on Patients With mCRPC Eligible for 6-Doses of Radium-223

July 8th 2016

Fred Saad, MD, professor and chairman of Urology, director of GU Oncology, the University of Montreal Hospital Centers, discusses results of an analysis that examined which patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer are able to receive the recommended 6-doses of radium-223 dichloride (Xofigo).

Dr. Jorge Garcia on METEOR Trial for RCC

July 7th 2016

Jorge A. Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, discusses the results of the phase III METEOR trial, which compared the efficacy of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) versus everolimus (Afinitor) in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Esteva on Trastuzumab Biosimilar in Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer

July 7th 2016

Francisco J. Esteva, MD, PhD, medical oncology, New York Langone Medical Center, discusses a phase III study of the biosimilar version of trastuzumab (Herceptin) in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Dr. Nanus on Next Steps With Atezolizumab in Patients With mUC

July 7th 2016

David M. Nanus, MD, medical oncologist, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the unanswered questions that remain with atezolizumab (Tecentriq) in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).

Dr. Kurian on Association of Ovarian Cancer Risk With Mutations Detected by Multiple-Gene Germline Sequencing

July 6th 2016

Allison W. Kurian, MD, MSc, associate professor of Medicine and of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an ongoing trial exploring the association of ovarian cancer risk with mutations detected by multiple-gene germline sequencing in 95,561 women.

Dr. Bauer on Rovalpituzumab Tesirine in Patients With SCLC

July 5th 2016

Todd Bauer, MD, associate director, Drug Development, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the safety and efficacy of single-agent rovalpituzumab tesirine (Rova-T), a delta-like protein 3 (DLL3)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate in recurrent/refractory patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Dr. Bauml on KEYNOTE-055 Study for Patients With HNSCC

June 30th 2016

Joshua M. Bauml, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, discusses the preliminary results of the KEYNOTE-055 study, which investigated pembrolizumab (Keytruda) after failure on platinum-based therapy and cetuximab in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Dr. Yurgelun on Susceptibility Gene Mutations in CRC

June 30th 2016

Dr. Mateos on Ixazomib-Lenalidomide-Dexamethasone in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

June 30th 2016

Dr. Spigel on CheckMate-331 Trial for SCLC

June 29th 2016

David Spigel, MD, chief scientific officer, director, Lung Cancer Research Program, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the ongoing CheckMate-331 trial, which is investigating nivolumab (Opdivo) versus chemotherapy in relapsed patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Dr. Raghav on HER2 Amplification in Patients With CRC

June 24th 2016

Kanwal Raghav, MBBS, MD, assistant professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study examining HER2 gene amplification in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Dr. Charles Ryan Discusses IMAAGEN Trial Update for Prostate Cancer

June 23rd 2016

Charles J. Ryan, MD, professor of Clinical Medicine, Urology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco, provides an update to the IMAAGEN trial, which explored the effects of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) and low-dose prednisone on prostate-specific antigen and radiographic disease progression in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Dr. Wolchok on Updated CheckMate-067 Results for Melanoma

June 22nd 2016

Jedd D. Wolchok, MD, PhD, chief, Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Service, Department of Medicine and Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the updated findings from the CheckMate-067 trial, which explored nivolumab (Opdivo) combined with ipilimumab (Yervoy) in treatment-naive patients with advanced melanoma.

Dr. Mehra on KEYNOTE-012 Results of Pembrolizumab in Head and Neck Cancer

June 22nd 2016

Ranee Mehra, MD, chief, Head and Neck Hematology/Oncology, associate professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the results of the KEYNOTE-012 study, which examined the efficacy of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Dr. Yardley on HERMIONE-2 Trial for HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 20th 2016

Denise A. Yardley, MD, senior investigator, Breast Cancer Research Program, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the phase II HERMIONE-2 trial, which is a randomized, open label trial comparing MM-302 plus trastuzumab with chemotherapy of physician’s choice plus trastuzumab, in patients with anthracycline-naive HER2-positive, locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated with pertuzumab and ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).

Dr. Ahn on Link Between Tumor Somatic Variants and Chemo Resistance in Biliary Tract Cancer

June 16th 2016

Daniel H. Ahn, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses a next-generation sequencing survey of biliary track cancer to reveal the association between tumor somatic variants and chemotherapy resistance.

Jerome Galon on the Prognostic Value of Immunoscore

June 16th 2016

Jerome Galon, PhD, research director, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, discusses the prognostic value of the Immunoscore assay and its corresponding validation study, which was presented during the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting.