UPMC Hillman Cancer Center | Strategic Alliance Partners

January 06, 2021

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, discusses the updated findings from the ExteNET trial, the role of TKIs in treating patients with brain metastases, and unanswered questions that future research efforts should aim to address.

January 06, 2021

Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP, compares predictive and prognostic biomarkers in melanoma.

December 31, 2020

Phuong L. Mai, MD, discusses the situations in which genetic testing should be considered and the importance of bridging awareness and access within oncology.

December 09, 2020

Lan G. Coffman, MD, PhD, discusses the role of targeted therapy in triple-negative breast cancer.

December 02, 2020

Lan G. Coffman, MD, PhD, discusses the role of genetic testing in breast and gynecologic cancers and the many advances made with targeted therapies.

November 24, 2020

Kathleen ​A. Dorritie, MD, discusses transplant eligibility in multiple myeloma.

November 04, 2020

Jason J. Luke, MD, FACP, discusses the role of targeted therapy in melanoma.

September 25, 2020

Following an extensive national search, Amer Zureikat, MD, FACS, has been appointed vice chair of surgery for Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at UPMC and chief of Surgical Oncology at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

September 17, 2020

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, discusses the future role of chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer.

August 27, 2020

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, discusses the treatment of early-stage, HER2-positive breast cancer.

August 26, 2020

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, discusses the safety profile of transoral robotic surgical resection in oropharynx cancer.

June 04, 2020

In our exclusive interview, Dr. Luke and Dr. Davar discuss the evolution of adjuvant therapy in melanoma from interferon alpha to checkpoint inhibition to targeted therapy, the potential advantages of neoadjuvant therapy, and the relative risk-benefit ratio of using these agents in the curative setting.

May 12, 2020

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with cancer, as well as the science behind the proposed explanation of the immunopathology of COVID-19.

April 30, 2020

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, discusses ongoing research with STING agonists and checkpoint inhibitors in head and neck cancer.

April 28, 2020

Robert L. Ferris, MD, PhD, director of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Hillman Professor of Oncology, associate vice chancellor for cancer research, professor of otolaryngology, immunology, and radiation oncology, co-director, Tumor Microenvironment Center, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, discusses a clinical trial testing ADU-S100/MIW815 plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with head and neck cancer.

April 24, 2020

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, highlightes the treatment landscape in HER2-positive breast cancer, remaining sequencing questions, and the growing utility of neratinib in the paradigm.

April 22, 2020

James M. Rossetti, DO, discusses the utility of JAK inhibitors in myeloproliferative neoplasms.

April 13, 2020

Investigators are testing the hypothesis that administering cetuximab with an anti–PD-L1 agent will induce immunostimulatory synergy and prolong survival in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

April 10, 2020

James M. Rossetti, DO, discusses the FDA’s decision to grant momelotinib a fast track designation for use in patients with intermediate- or high-risk myelofibrosis who previously received a JAK inhibitor.

April 09, 2020

John T. Comerci, MD, associate professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and director of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Passavant Hospital, discusses the use of laparoscopy in ovarian cancer.