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Dr. Rudin Discusses the Success of Immunotherapy in SCLC

October 30, 2018

Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, chief, Thoracic Oncology Service, co-director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research, Sylvia Hassenfeld Chair in Lung Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the success of immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer.

Risk Prediction Calculators Multiply in Cancer Care

October 01, 2018

Like clinicians elsewhere, investigators from the University of Colorado, Denver, struggled not only to predict the likelihood that a particular patient would do well with surgery alone but also to convey their estimates in terms that patients would understand.

Dr. Kris on the FDA Approval of Dacomitinib in EGFR+ NSCLC

September 28, 2018

Mark G. Kris, MD, medical oncologist, William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of dacomitinib for the frontline treatment of patients with EGFR-positive locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Dr. Smith Discusses Novel CAR T-Cell Therapies for Myeloma

September 27, 2018

Eric Smith, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses novel chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies in development for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Dr. Lesokhin on the Current Treatment Landscape of Myeloma

September 14, 2018

Alexander M. Lesokhin, MD, assistant attending, Department of Medicine and Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with multiple myeloma.

Enfortumab Vedotin Emerging as Post-Immunotherapy Option in Bladder Cancer

August 09, 2018

Jonathan E. Rosenberg, MD, discusses the promise of enfortumab vedotin in patients with bladder cancer who previously received a checkpoint inhibitor, and reflects on the rapid pace of change in the urothelial cancer landscape.

RET Inhibitor Tested in Multiple Tumor Types

August 01, 2018

Investigators are evaluating the potential of LOXO-292, an oral small molecule inhibitor of RET signaling, to improve outcomes in patients with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, and other tumors.

CTC AR-V7 Assay Shows Promise as Treatment Guide in mCRPC

July 17, 2018

An assay for nuclear-localized androgen receptor splice variant 7 protein in circulating tumor cells identified patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had better outcomes from treatment with taxanes, and those who did better with androgen receptor-signaling inhibitors.