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Dr. Vokes on Moving Immunotherapy into Frontline for Head and Neck Cancer

January 06, 2017

Everett Vokes, MD, John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology, physician-in-chief, University of Chicago Medical Center, chair, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the possibility of moving immunotherapy agents into the frontline setting for patients with head and neck cancer.

Dr. Vokes on Selecting Nivolumab or Pembrolizumab for Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

December 28, 2016

Everett Vokes, MD, John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology, physician-in-chief, University of Chicago Medical Center, chair, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how to choose between nivolumab (Opdivo) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for second-line treatment for patients with head and neck cancer.

Stefani Spranger on the Role of CD8 T Cells in Melanoma

December 23, 2016

Stefani Spranger, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Research Institute at The University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how the presence or absence of CD8 T cells can affect treatment approaches for patients with melanoma.

Dr. Seiwert on Prognosis for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

December 23, 2016

Tanguy Y. Seiwert, MD, assistant professor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the current prognosis for patients with head and neck cancer prior to the FDA approvals of immunotherapy agents nivolumab (Opdivo) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as treatments.

Dr. Luke on Challenges With Immunotherapy in Melanoma

December 20, 2016

Jason Luke, MD, an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses some of the challenges that oncologists may face when administering immunotherapy agents to patients with melanoma.

Stefani Spranger on Checkpoint Blockade Therapies in Melanoma

December 16, 2016

Stefani Spranger, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Cancer Research Institute at The University of Chicago, discusses immune checkpoint blockade therapies that are currently being used to treat patients with melanoma.

Dr. Vokes on Curative Treatment Approaches in Head and Neck Cancer

December 02, 2016

Everett Vokes, MD, John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology, physician-in-chief, University of Chicago Medical Center, chair, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses curative treatment approaches for patients with head and neck cancer.

IDO Inhibitors Among Immunotherapy Strategies Under Study in Glioblastoma

November 30, 2016

The concept of using immunotherapies to treat patients with glioblastoma multiforme is gaining ground among researchers who are interested not only in evaluating checkpoint blockade agents that have proved effective in other tumor types but also in exploring novel targets.

Dr. Zagaja on Major Benefit With Prostatectomy

November 01, 2016

Gregory Zagaja, MD, professor of Surgery, director of the Prostate Cancer Center at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the benefits of radical prostatectomy for patients with prostate cancer. Zagaja shared this insight during an interview at the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on GU and Prostate Cancer.

Dr. Eggener on PSA-Based Screening in Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

October 31, 2016

Scott Eggener, MD, associate professor of Surgery, Urologic Oncology, at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses his views on PSA-based screening and how to appropriately use it for patients with early-stage prostate cancer. Eggier shared these thoughts during the 2016 OncLive State of the Science Summit on GU and Prostate Cancer.