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Nivolumab Delivers Durable Response in Hodgkin Lymphoma at 18 Months

April 02, 2018

In an extended follow-up of results from the CheckMate-205 trial, nivolumab (Opdivo) induced an overall objective response rate of 69% in patients with relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma after autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Dr. Bellmunt on Immunotherapy Combination Trials in Bladder Cancer

March 28, 2018

Joaquim Bellmunt, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, director, Bladder Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses trials investigating combinations with immunotherapy for patients with bladder cancer.

Dr. Mittendorf Discusses Immunotherapy Efforts in Breast Cancer

March 27, 2018

Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD, PhD, Robert and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology, director, Breast Immuno-Oncology Program, Director of Research, Breast Surgical Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy efforts in breast cancer.

Liquid Biopsy Demonstrates Prognostic Potential in Metastatic TNBC

February 21, 2018

Low-coverage genome-wide sequencing of cell-free DNA from plasma is capable of profiling cancer genomes from blood and predicting survival outcomes for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr. Sonpavde on Novel Prognostic Marker for Atezolizumab in Bladder Cancer

February 20, 2018

Guru Sonpavde, MD, director of Bladder Cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses a novel prognostic marker for patients with advanced bladder cancer being treated with the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq).

Dr. Davids Discusses the Results of Ibrutinib Plus FCR in CLL

February 05, 2018

Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, associate director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, discusses results of a study combining ibrutinib (Imbruiva) plus fludarabine-cyclophosphamide-rituximab (FCR) in patients with chronic lymphoctic leukemia (CLL).