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Dr. Herbst on Long Term Survival With Pembrolizumab in NSCLC

October 25, 2018

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine and professor of pharmacology, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital; associate director for Translational Research, Yale Cancer Center; Disease Aligned Research Team (DART) Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses long-term survival of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

Dr. Herbst Discusses Challenges With Immunotherapy in NSCLC

August 27, 2018

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, Ensign Professor of Medicine and professor of pharmacology, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses challenges with immunotherapy in non–small cell lung cancer.

Dr. Herbst on Key Immunotherapy Findings in NSCLC

August 10, 2018

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, chief of Medical Oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses key immunotherapy findings in non–small cell lung cancer, presented at the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr. Herbst on TMB as a Biomarker in NSCLC

August 03, 2018

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, chief of medical oncology, Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, discusses tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Dr. Chagpar Discusses Benefit of Primary Tumor Surgery in Breast Cancer

May 03, 2018

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, FACS, associate professor, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, assistant director, Global Oncology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the potential benefit of primary tumor surgery for patients with breast cancer.

Dr. Yu on the Importance of a Genetic Counselor in Prostate Cancer

April 14, 2018

James B. Yu, MD, associate professor, therapeutic oncology, director, Prostate and Genitourinary Cancer Radiotherapy Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the importance of a genetic counselor in the treatment of patients with prostate cancer.

Dr. Chagpar on Surgery of the Primary Tumor in Metastatic Breast Cancer

April 12, 2018

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, FACS, associate professor, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, assistant director, Global Oncology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses surgery of the primary tumor in the metastatic setting of breast cancer.

Dr. Goldberg on Sequencing Following Treatment With Osimertinib in NSCLC

April 12, 2018

Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, discusses sequencing after therapy with osimertinib (Tagrisso) in EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Dr. Santin on Rationale for Trastuzumab in Uterine Serous Carcinoma

March 30, 2018

Alessandro D. Santin, MD, professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at Yale School of Medicine, discusses the rationale for trastuzumab (Herceptin) in the treatment of patients with uterine serous carcinoma.

Dr. Goldberg Discusses Osimertinib in NSCLC

March 23, 2018

Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, discusses osimertinib (Tagrisso) for the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.