Targeted Oncology Staff

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective Roundtable, Mary Jo J. Fidler, MD, discussed targeting VEGFR and EGFR in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

This week, the FDA granted Priority Review designation to 4 therapies. The designations were across multiple malignancies and cancer-related conditions, including for patients with post-transplant complications, gastric/gastroesophageal junction and esophageal adenocarcinoma, as well as with squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Benjamin Solomon, MBBS, PhD, discussed the findings from the CROWN study that compared lorlatinib with crizotinib as treatment of patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable event, Alex Mejia-Garcia, MD, medical oncologist, Cleveland Clinic, discussed the use of daratumumab as treatment of multiple myeloma. The discussion was based on the case scenario of a 51-year-old patient.

Gilles Salles, MD, PhD, discussed sequencing of CD-19 directed therapies for a 74-year-old patient with diffuse large B-cel lymphoma during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective Roundtable event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable event, Ruta D. Rao, MD, discussed the case of 42-year-old woman with HER2-positive breast cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable, two Mayo Clinic experts, Alan H. Bryce, MD, and Roxana S. Dronca, MD, discuss treatment options for a 66-year-old woman with urothelial carcinoma.

For the second-line treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the armamentarium includes many therapies and strategies. Danielle Brander, MD, assistant professor of Medicine at Duke Cancer Institute, discussed how to select treatment for patients during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, MD, discussed genomic testing and evidence-based treatment of a 60-year-old male patient with prostate cancer.

For patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma who refuse surgery as a treatment for their disease, systemic therapies like cemiplimab, nivolumab, avelumab, and pembrolizumab can still improve outcomes, explained Asim Amin, MD, PhD, a medical oncologist, Levine Cancer Institute. Atrium Health during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

Osimertinib has been a successful therapy for the treatment of EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer, surpassing the effects of chemotherapy. In he adjuvant setting, physicians questions when and how to use osimertinib.

Multiple treatment options exist for patients with unresectable locally advanced lung adenocarcinoma. Zofia Piotrowska, MD, examined the options during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

Solly Chedid, MD, led a discussion with a group of peers about the treatment of infiltrative basal cell carcinoma in a 88-year-old patient during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Catherine Frenette, MD, discussed the case of a 77-year-old patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD, director, Hematology, and associate clinical professor of Medicine at UCSF Fresno discussed the case of a 63-year-old patient with lymphoma with concurrent MYC and BCL2 rearrangements.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Bradley Monk, MD, discussed how the use of molecular testing can improve treatment decisions for ovarian cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective event, Rafael Fonseca, MD, discussed the case of a 72-year-old patient with multiple myeloma.

The plan of treatment for a 69-year-old patient with poorly differentiated, infiltrative, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma was the topic of discussion among Dan Paul Zandberg, MD, and other clinicians in attendance during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective event, Jonathon B. Cohen, MD, MS, discussed therapeutic options for a 71-year-old patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a genomic aberration.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspective event, Chaitali S. Nangia, MD, reviewed the case of a 75-year-old patient with infiltrative basal cell carcinoma.

Anthony A. Meluch, MD, medical oncologist, Tennessee Oncology, discussed treatment options for high-risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate based on the case of a 75-year-old patient during a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Mayer N. Fishman, MD, PhD, discussed the case of a 60-year-old man with progressing prostate cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, John K. Chan, MD, reviewed the case of a 49-year-old African American woman with high-grade epithelial ovarian cancer.

Thomas C. Krivak, MD, interpreted the results clinical trials of bevacizumab as treatment of patients with ovarian cancer to determine the optimal treatment strategy for a 69-year-old patient.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, John Heymach, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the case of a 73-year-old Asian patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Jun Zhang, MD, PhD, associate professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, reviews the preferred treatment options for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer in a 73-year-old patient during a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, discussed testing for risk stratification and treatment of graft-versus-host-disease based on the case of a 48-year-old man.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event Karen L. Kelly, MD, discussed molecular testing guidelines and testing execution for early-stage non–small cell lung cancer as well as the research supporting the use of targeted therapies for treatment.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Daniel J. George, MD, professor of Medicine, professor in Surgery Member, Duke Cancer Institute Department of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine, discuss various hormonal therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives event, Andrew Kuykendall, MD, assistant member, Department of Malignant Hematology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, discussed the use of ruxolitinib as treatment of 67-year-old patients with polycythemia vera.