Authors


Arndt Vogel, MD

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Findings of the IMMUTACE Trial in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Arndt Vogel, MD, discusses the study results of the IMMUTACE study in hepatocellular carcinoma.


Mehmet K. Samur, PhD

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Analysis Explores Impact of Increased Point Mutations With High-Dose Melphalan in Myeloma

Mehmet K. Samur, PhD, discusses findings from an analysis evaluating high-dose melphalan followed by autologous stem cell transplant as treatment of patients with multiple myeloma compared with the standard of care treatment regimen lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone alone.


Yeon Hee Park, MD

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PFS Data Support Approval of Fam-Trastuzumab Deruxtecan-nxki for HER2+ Breast Cancer

Yeon Hee Park, MD, discusses the data supporting the FDA’s accelerated approval of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received ≥2 prior anti–HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting.


Carlos Rojas, MD

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About the Continued Evaluation of MK-1084 for NSCLC and More

Carlos Rojas, MD, discusses the next steps for evaluating MK-1084 in a phase 1 trial for the first-line treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and advanced solid tumors.


Mikkael Sekeres, MD

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Azacitadine Plus Pevonedistat Shows Efficacy in MDS/CMML or LB AML

Mikkael Sekeres, MD, discusses a phase 2 study of pevonedistat plus azacitidine versus azacitadine monotherapy in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes /chronic myelomonocytic leukemia or low-blast acute myelogenous leukemia.


Jerald P. Radich, MD

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Evaluating Ways of Measuring MRD in Hematologic Malignancies

Jerald P. Radich, MD, discusses how minimal residual disease is measured in hematologic malignancies.


Nicholas J. Robert, MD

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Racial Disparity Seen in Use of Germline Testing in TNBC

Nicholas J. Robert, MD, discusses a study of the social determinants of a patient’s health related to the use of genomic testing in women with breast cancer.


Hedyeh Ebrahimi, MD, MPH

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The Gut Microbiome and Immunotherapy: New Research Explores CBM588's Mechanism in mRCC

Hedyeh Ebrahimi, MD, MPH, discusses a study that found adding the live bacterial product CBM588 to standard immunotherapy potentially impacted patients' responses in renal cell carcinoma.


Ryan Scott

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Combining Avutometinib With Defactinib Yields High Response Rates in LGSOC

In heavily pretreated patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer, the combination of avutometinib plus defactinib showing promising results within the phase 2 ENGOT-ov60/GOG-3052/RAMP 201 trial.


Senthil Damodaran, MD, PhD

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Futibatinib Shows Promise in Breast Cancer With FGFR1 Gene Amplifications

Senthil Damodaran, MD, PhD, discusses data from a phase 2 trial of futibatinib in patients with metastatic HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer with FGFR1 amplifications.


Emily Z. Touloukian

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Can Just-in-Time Clinical Trials Reduce Disparities in Participation?

Just-in-time trials are 1 tool capable of rapidly increasing access to clinical trials to develop drugs that treat the diverse and unique tapestry of patients across the United States, especially patients with more diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.



Nancy Lin, MD

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Survival Advantage Observed in HER2+Breast Cancer With Brain Metastasis

Nancy U. Lin, MD, discusses the results from a substudy of HER2CLIMB looking at tucatinib plus trastuzumab and capecitabine in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and brain metastases.


Benjamin Besse, MD, PhD

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Biomarker Analysis Predicts Post-Osimertinib Response in EGFR+ NSCLC

Benjamin Besse, MD, PhD, discusses the biomarker analysis of the phase 1/1b CHRYSALIS-2 study of amivantamab and lazertinib in patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.


Ashling Wahner

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In mCRPC, Prior Abiraterone Treatment Plus Lutetium Lu 177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan Improves Outcomes

Improved outcomes with lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan vs ARPI change supported prior treatment with abiraterone vs enzalutamide in mCRPC.


Heinz Ludwig, MD

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Increased Rates of Viral Infections in Multiple Myeloma

Heinz Ludwig, MD, discusses the incidence of increased infections in patients with multiple myeloma.


Christine Dierks, MD

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Outcomes Underscore Need for New Agents to Treat Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma

Christine Dierks, MD, describes the prognosis of the anaplastic thyroid carcinoma and differentiated thyroid cancer populations.


Nicolaus Kröger, MD

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Comparing Tandem Stem Cell Transplant Approaches in Multiple Myeloma

Nicolaus Kröger, MD, discusses the advantages of autologous stem cell transplant and allogeneic stem cell transplant compared with autologous tandem transplant in patients with multiple myeloma.


Yao Yu, MD

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JAVELIN HEAD AND NECK 100 Informs Future Trials in HNSCC

The potential benefit of avelumab in the subgroup of patients with high PD-L1 expression in JAVELIN HEAD AND NECK 100 provides a basis for further investigation and suggests a potential role for immune checkpoint inhibitors for locally advanced HNSCC.


Bruno Sangro, MD, PhD

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Improving Upon Immunotherapy Advances in HCC

Bruno Sangro, MD, PhD, discusses the key takeaways from recent data in the treatment landscape of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.


Thomas Habermann, MD

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Unmet Needs Remain Unfilled in the Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Space

Thomas Habermann, MD, discusses the unmet clinical needs which still exist for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.


Charles Meakin, MD, MHA

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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: Overcoming Barriers to Early Detection

Charles Meakin, MD, MHA, chief medical officer of Care Oncology, discusses the current colorectal cancer landscape, innovations in detection, and improving patient screening and follow-up care for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.


Rebecca A. Shatsky, MD

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Overview of HER2-Targeting Agents in Breast Cancer and Treatment Selection Approaches

A medical oncologist provides a comprehensive overview of HER2-targeting agents in breast cancer and considerations to factor into treatment decisions.


Toufic Kachaamy, MD

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cancer Detection

Artificial intelligence and machine learning dramatically alter how medicine is practiced, and cancer detection is no exception, according to Toufic Kachaamy, MD of City of Hope Phoenix.


Efstathios Kastritis, MD

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Daratumumab Regimen May Be the More Active Therapy Needed for Amyloidosis

Efstathios Kastritis, MD, discusses the amyloidosis setting, current standards of care, and the phase 3 ANDROMEDA trial.


Yara Abdou, MD

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Confronting Challenges and Embracing Progress in HER2+ Breast Cancer

Yara Abdou, MD, looks back on what have been the biggest challenges in treating HER2-positive breast cancer over the past 5-10 years.


Sponsored Content by The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

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Precise Management of EGFR exon 20-Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Research shows that methods used to treat the wide epidermal growth factor receptor-positive population are often not successful for patients with specific biomarkers like EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, highlighting an ongoing need for more targeted therapies.


Hannah Burke

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Company-wide Initiative Will Provide Standards for Collection and Storage

The Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute's Data Governance Committee was established to oversee the program’s implementation and monitor its progress.


Michael Tees, MD

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The Promise of ALLO-501A in Relapsed/Refractory LBCL

Michael T. Tees, MD, discusses the data behind ALLO-501A, an allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.