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April 24, 2023

Joshua G. Cohen, MD, FACOG, FACS, expands on the role of PARP inhibitors in the recurrent and up-front settings in ovarian cancer, and the clinical significance of the RUBY and NY-GY018 trials in endometrial cancer.

April 21, 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide insight into some of the regulatory challenges of organoid development and share expectations for the future of pharmacotyping in treatment selection.

April 20, 2023

Looking to replicate the impressive findings with CAR T-cell therapies observed in patients with hematologic malignancies, investigators have initiated the BASECAMP-1 trial, with the hope of identifying patients with advanced solid tumors who will be suitable candidates for treatment in a subsequent trial evaluating the investigational agent A2B530.

April 20, 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, review the potential advantages of using endoscopic ultrasound to enhance current molecular diagnostic techniques in pancreatic cancer.

April 19, 2023

Brian C. Ball, MD, discusses previous research on tamibarotene in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia, and how these data support the ongoing phase 2 SELECT-AML-1 trial.

April 18, 2023

Hemostatic radiation is a method of managing bleeding in patients with gastrointestinal cancers or GI metastases from other primary tumors; however, a multidisciplinary team is required to implement this method, according to Marnee M. Spierer, MD, MBA.

April 14, 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, shed light on the process of obtaining sufficient tissue through endoscopic ultrasound–guided biopsies to generate organoids.

April 13, 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, highlight the three ways in which an organoid can be used to aid clinical sequencing and treatment selection in pancreatic cancer.

April 11, 2023

Recent events threaten to seriously diminish the well-established and generally positively viewed role of both scientific and clinical expertise in health-related public policy.

April 07, 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, provide an overview of patient-derived organoids and pharmacotyping in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

April 06, 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Taking Organoids From Bench to Bedside Through Endoscopy in Pancreatic Cancer, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Richard Burkhart, MD, discuss the involvement of the gastroenterologist from diagnosis to palliative care in the management of patients with pancreatic cancer.

April 05, 2023

Miguel Villalona-Calero, MD, discusses the unique mechanism of action of KB-0742 and the rationale and design of a phase 1 trial investigating the safety and efficacy of KB-0742 in patients with relapsed/refractory solid tumors or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

April 05, 2023

In this seventh episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, discuss the convergence of gastroenterology and interventional gastroenterology in gastrointestinal cancer management and the future of interventional endoscopy.

March 31, 2023

In this sixth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, share efforts to increase awareness around endoscopy in gastrointestinal cancer.

March 29, 2023

In this fifth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, review the potential role for endoscopic ablation in gastrointestinal cancer.

March 28, 2023

The evaluation of diagnostic quality in precision medicine should almost certainly be assessed by standards different from those used in drug development.

March 24, 2023

In this fourth episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, provide insight on the use of endoscopic submucosal resection and endoscopic evaluation for tumor response as it pertains to organ preservation in gastrointestinal cancer.

March 22, 2023

In this third episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, highlight the advantages and scope of endoscopic procedures in gastrointestinal cancer.

March 17, 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Understanding Endoscopy in the Realm of GI Cancers, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, explain the evolution of minimally invasive surgery and the emergence of interventional radiology in gastrointestinal cancer.

March 16, 2023

As the great baseball catcher and philosopher Yogi Berra noted, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” And in my opinion, we surely are at that juncture with human papillomavirus vaccination.