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Dr. Andreadis Discusses Toxicities With CAR T-Cell Therapy

February 08, 2018

Charalambos (Babis) Andreadis, MD, MSCE, associate professor of clinical medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy.

Dr. Smith on Acquired Resistance to Targeted Agents for AML

February 07, 2018

Catherine Smith, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses patient acquired resistance in quizartinib (AC220) and gilteritinib (ASP2215) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Dr. Wong on Anti-Amyloid Fibril Treatments in AL Amyloidosis

February 06, 2018

Sandy Wong, MD, assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, discusses anti-amyloid fibril treatments, a class of agents that have yet to receive FDA approval in the treatment of patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis).

Dr. Mannis on Targeted Agents in the Treatment of Patients With AML

February 06, 2018

Gabriel Mannis, MD, assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval and potential approval of 2 new agents that will provide a more nuanced treatment approach for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Dr. Ai on Potential With Mogamulizumab in CTCL

January 23, 2018

Weiyun Z. Ai, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, speaks to the relevance of mogamulizumab (Poteligeo) in treating Sezary syndrome, a rare and aggressive form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Dr. Smith on the Development of Active Therapeutic Combinations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

January 23, 2018

Catherine Smith, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, discusses developing active therapeutic combinations for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Dr. Andreadis on the Current State of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Lymphoma

January 22, 2018

Charalambos (Babis) Andreadis, MD, MSCE, associate professor of clinical medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in lymphoma.

Dr. Shah on Novel Antibodies for Patients With Myeloma

January 18, 2018

Nina Shah, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, classifies two antibody-type treatments for patients with myeloma.

Dr. Wolf Emphasizes the Importance of Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Myeloma

January 18, 2018

Jeffrey Wolf, MD, clinical professor, Department of Medicine, director, Myeloma Program, University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, details the role maintenance therapy has in treating patients with myeloma.

Rugo Covers Scope of Recent Breast Cancer Advances

December 06, 2017

Hope S. Rugo, MD, discusses a variety of agents for the treatment of patients with ER-positive breast cancer, such as mTOR inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors, and CDK4/6 inhibitors, in addition to novel targeted therapies being investigated in TNBC.

Dr. Melisko on Duration of Aromatase Inhibitor Use in Breast Cancer

November 21, 2017

Michelle E. Melisko, MD, clinical professor of medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), explains the discussion around duration of use of aromatase inhibitors in patients who have estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Rugo Discusses Immunotherapy in TNBC

November 15, 2017

Hope Rugo, MD, professor of medicine, director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr. Aggarwal on the Future of ADT for Patients With Prostate Cancer

November 01, 2017

Rahul Aggarwal, MD, an assistant professor of Hematology/Oncology, director of the STAND Clinic, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the future of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for patients with prostate cancer.