Authors


Christopher Pleyer, MD

Latest:

Exploring Preliminary Results of Ibrutinib and Fludarabine in CLL

Christopher Pleyer, MD, discusses the phase 2 study of ibrutinib and short-course fludarabine in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


Ruta D. Rao, MD

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Advice for Managing Adverse Events of Sacituzumab Govitecan in TNBC

Ruta D. Rao, MD, discusses her approach to managing adverse events associated with the antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.


Tanyatorn Ghanjanasak, DO

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Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Expands Its Reach in Metastatic Melanoma

A number of novel immunotherapies, such as PD-1 inhibitors and targeted drug therapies with BRAF and MEK inhibitors, have become available for managing advanced melanoma.


Wojciech Jurczak, MD, PhD

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Treatment Options After Relapse in CLL

Wojciech Jurczak, MD, PhD, discusses the available treatment options for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia who relapsed on BCL2 inhibitors.


Habte Yimer, MD

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ALPINE Trial Shows Zanubrutinib Outperforms Ibrutinib in CLL/SLL

Habte Yimer, MD, provides an overview of the ALPINE trial of zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib among patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.


Maisey Ratcliffe, MPH

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Management of HR+, HER2- Early-Stage Breast Cancer After Diagnosis

Physicians cover the options for a patient with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, early-stage breast cancer, which course of action they would take, and the data supporting that choice.


Roby Thomas, MD

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Prior Pluvicto Shortage Led to Long Waiting Lists for Patients With mCRPC

Roby Thomas, MD, discusses the shortage of lutetium Lu 177 vipivotide tetraxetan, and how it had affected patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer being treated at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.


Andrew Wagner, MD, PhD

Latest:

The Future of Research in PEComas

The panel shares future areas of research in malignant PEComa that interest them, and how they see the treatment landscape evolving.


Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD

Latest:

Azacitidine Plus APR-246 Appears Promising as Treatment of TP53-Mutant MDS and AML

Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for evaluating azacitidine in combination with APR-246 in patients with TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.


Anish Sebastian

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Patients Are Ready for Personalized Health Care, and the Data Delivers

Devices like smart blood pressure cuffs, scales, and even smartphones with health sensors are turning our daily routines into personalized health insights.



Johanna Kaufmann, PhD

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New Pathways for Oncolytic Virals in Breast Cancer

Johanna Kaufmann, PhD, discusses promising preclinical findings on first-in-class oncolytic viral therapy in breast cancer treatment.


Pashna Munshi, MD

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Future Directions in GVHD

Pashna Munshi, MD, wraps up by talking about future directions and emerging treatment regimens in the field of GVHD.


Tracy Proverbs-Singh, MD

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Integrating Personalized Medicine: Advice for Medical Oncologists

Tracy Proverbs-Singh, MD, and Steven Lee-Kong, MD, reflect on how to incorporate sequencing and personalized treatments effectively in oncology practice.


Fadi Haddad, MD

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Treatment Failure in CML: Distinguishing Between Disease Resistance and Treatment Intolerance

Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia can have a near-normal life expectation when treated with BCR::ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors.


Anjana Pillai, MD

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Evaluating Current Challenges in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Anjana Pillai, MD, discusses challenges for treating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.


Jason Westin, MD, MS, FACP

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Ever-Changing Treatment Landscape of Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma

Jason Westin, MD, MS, FACP, discusses recent developments in novel agents to treat and target aggressive lymphomas.


Andrew Spencer, MD, MBBS

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Revised Panobinostat Combination Shows Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma

Andrew Spencer, MD, MBBS, discusses the PANORAMA 3 trial data of oral panobinostat plus subcutaneous bortezomib and dexamethasone versus placebo, bortezomib, and dexamethasone.


Abdullah M. Khan, MBBS

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Ide-Cel Shows Benefit for Multiple Myeloma After 2 to 4 Lines of Therapy

Abdullah M. Khan, MBBS, discusses the pivotal phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial of idecabtagene vicleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Rohan Garje, MD

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Evaluating the Impact of Genetic Mutations on Prostate Cancer Survival Rates

Rohan Garje, MD, provides an overview of a study evaluating how mutations, including TP53, RB1, and PTEN, impact overall survival in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.


Taiga Nishihori, MD

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Outpatient Cilta-cel for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Taiga Nishihori, MD, discusses the findings from a study evaluating ciltacabtagene autoleucel given in the outpatient setting to patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD

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Cho Provides Background on the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s CureCloud Study

Hearn Jay Cho, MD, PhD, discusses the goals of the CureCloud study, an historic initiative of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), a leader in the acceleration of efforts to provide precisely the right treatment for each and every patient.


Samer A. Al'Hadidi, MD, MS

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Quadruplets Seen as Top Option in Transplant-Ineligible Multiple Myeloma Due to Efficacy

Samer A. Al'Hadidi, MD, MS, discusses the response and survival of 2 quadruplet therapy trials for patients with transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.


Andreas Varkaris, MD, PhD

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Targeting PIK3CA Mutations in Breast Cancer

Andreas Varkaris, MD, PhD, discusses PIK3CA mutations in breast cancer and the novel therapies being developed to treat these tumors.


Pierfranco Conte, MD

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Breakthrough in TNBC Treatment: Avelumab Extends Overall Survival

Pierfranco Conte, MD, discusses findings and implications of the A-BRAVE study.



Eleonora Teplinsky, MD

Latest:

Key Takeaways on Recent Data in Breast Cancer from SABCS 2023

Following their review of clinical trial data presented at SABCS 2023, the Oncology Brothers offer their key takeaways on recent updates in breast cancer.


Sailaja Darisipudi

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Elacestrant Outperforms SOC in Terms of PFS in ER+/HER2– mBC

Patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer demonstrated improvement in progression-free survival when administered elacestrant vs standard of endocrine therapy.


Jennifer Gass, PhD, FACMG

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World Cancer Day: Next Generation Sequencing at the Forefront of Precision Medicine

Next generation sequencing is at the forefront of where technology and oncology intersect to help optimize patient outcomes and expand the overall field of cancer care.


Adam Weiner, MD

Latest:

Transforming Prostate Cancer Care Through Personalized Medicine

Adam Weiner, MD, discusses his journey toward becoming an oncologist with a focus in urology in this episode of Emerging Experts.