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Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Research Efforts Under Way

June 21, 2023

In this second episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss some of the challenges faced with randomized control trials and 2 efforts underway that are slated to provide revelatory data on these assays.

Strides in GI Cancer Subsets Influence Advances

June 20, 2023

Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, MD, highlights the unmet needs in GI malignancies and discusses how interdisciplinary meetings, such as the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, provide the framework for disseminating information and driving innovative advances.

Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Overview and Call for RCTs

June 14, 2023

In this first episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, provide an overview on multicancer early detection tests and the need for randomized clinical trials to further explore their use.

Birtamimab Under Investigation in Mayo Stage IV AL Amyloidosis

May 19, 2023

Morie A. Gertz, MD, discusses the limitations of the current Mayo Stage IV amyloidosis treatment landscape, the rationale for investigating birtamimab in this population, and the importance of raising awareness for the AFFIRM-AL trial.

Genomic Testing Is Critical for Improved Personalized Medicine and Treatment Sequencing in Breast Cancer

May 17, 2023

Lida A. Mina, MD, discusses the evolving role of ADCs across breast cancer subtypes, current data on the use of CDK4/6 inhibitors in HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and the increased use of genomic testing and NGS to improve the sequencing of agents in triple-negative breast cancer.

Ibrutinib-Containing Regimens Remain of Interest Despite Agent’s Withdrawal in MCL and MZL

May 16, 2023

Thomas M. Habermann, MD, expands on previous data that supported the initial accelerated approval of ibrutinib in marginal zone lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma, phase 3 data leading to the agent’s voluntary withdrawal, and investigations of ibrutinib and other BTK inhibitors that could significantly change the treatment landscape in mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.