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May 09, 2016

Although advances have been made in imaging techniques for patients with glioblastoma multiforme, new tools are needed to supplement standard imaging sequences.

February 10, 2016

Suresh Ramalingam, MD, professor, Emory School of Medicine, and chief, Medical Oncology, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, discusses combinations with immunotherapy agents and chemotherapy being investigated as potential treatments for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

December 29, 2015

Sagar Lonial, MD, chief medical officer at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discusses novel mechanisms of agents used for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

December 01, 2015

Suresh Ramalingam, MD, discusses the evolving role of checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer and what challenges still remain.

October 29, 2015

Between immunotherapies and targeted therapies-both of which certainly offer bold new opportunities for disease control over cytotoxic therapies-which treatment modality do oncologists think has had the greatest overall impact on NSCLC treatment?

September 29, 2015

Five years from now multiple myeloma will have a therapeutic backbone consisting entirely of combinations of novel agents.

August 28, 2015

New drug candidate necitumumab, which is being reviewed by the FDA as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer, received a low cost-effectiveness evaluation in a study published in JAMA Oncology.

August 10, 2015

Walter J. Curran, Jr., MD, Executive Director, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Associate Vice President, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, discusses new developments in the delivery of radiation for patients with lung cancer.

July 01, 2015

The landscape of therapeutic options for patients with myeloma at all phases of treatment has rapidly changed with the development of new drugs and targets.

June 09, 2015

Sagar Lonial, MD, discusses the future of monoclonal antibodies in multiple myeloma.

April 27, 2015

Daniel J. Brat, MD, PhD, vice chair, Translational Programs, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, director, Cancer Tissue and Pathology Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, discusses genomic characterization of diffuse lower grade gliomas.

March 27, 2015

The role of mTOR inhibition in breast cancer is evolving, and ongoing studies are evaluating biomarkers that will identify the patients who will benefit.

January 27, 2015

Surgical intervention is a Machiavellian endeavor: the ends justify the means. This obligates the clinician to minimize the risk of a procedure to justify the gains obtained from an intervention.

January 12, 2015

Nivolumab improved survival versus docetaxel in patients with pretreated squamous cell non–small cell lung cancer in the phase III CheckMate-017 trial.

October 26, 2014

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, discusses results from a phase II trial exploring the potential of veliparib as a treatment for patients with squamous cell NSCLC.

September 24, 2014

Although the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer remain formidable problems in the United States, clinicians have many new agents with proven overall survival (OS) benefits to recommend for patients with metastatic disease.

August 14, 2014

Ruth M. O'Regan, MD, director, Translational Breast Cancer Research, professor, hematology and oncology, medical oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, discusses updates in the field of adjuvant therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer.

April 24, 2014

Locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a challenging disease to treat, with a 5-year survival rate for patients with unresectable stage III disease of approximately 20%, even after definitive radiation therapy and concurrent chemotherapy.

April 15, 2014

Grant W. Carlson, MD, professor of surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University Hospital, discusses treating younger patients with breast cancer.

March 21, 2014

Grant W. Carlson, MD, professor of surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Emory University Hospital, explains why more women with breast cancer are electing to get contralateral prophylactic mastectomies (CPMs)