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Dr. Somer on Hesitancy Regarding Biosimilar Use in Oncology

November 15, 2019

Bradley G. Somer, MD, associate professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, medical oncologist, senior partner, Executive Cancer Council, and head of strategic expansion/development, West Cancer Center Research Program, West Cancer Center, explains where the hesitancy regarding biosimilar use in oncology.

Dr. Schwartzberg on the Use of Therapeutic Biosimilars in Breast Cancer

November 07, 2019

Lee S. Schwartzberg, MD, FACP, chief medical officer, OneOncology, chief and professor of medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, medical director, West Clinic, and executive director, West Cancer Center, discusses the use of therapeutic biosimilars in breast cancer.

Dr. Somer on Optimal Combinations in mRCC

March 27, 2019

Bradley G. Somer, MD, an associate professor of hematology/oncology and head of strategic expansion/development at the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses optimal combinations for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in the frontline setting.

Dr. Rayford on the Racial Genomics of Prostate Cancer

February 19, 2019

Walter Rayford, MD, PhD, MBA, a urologic oncologist with the Urology Group and associate professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee West Cancer Center, discusses the racial genomics of prostate cancer.