Authors


Hannah Choe, MD

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Next Steps in the Development of Axatilimab

Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, and Hannah Choe, MD, provide future perspectives on the development of axatilimab for patients with chronic GVHD.


Adam Cohen, MD

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CAR T and Bispecifics Take Center Stage in New Myeloma Trials

Adam D. Cohen, MD, discusses ongoing research influencing the multiple myeloma treatment landscape.


Liza C. Villaruz, MD

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Areas of Growth in the Management of EGFR-Mutated Lung Cancer

Liza C. Villaruz, MD, discusses what research in the EGFR-positive lung cancer space has recently caught the attention of experts.


Rohan Nadkarni

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Building a Patient-Centered Ecosystem Leads to Better Care

Within the past decade, there has been a surge in terms such as value-based care, patient-centered care, shared decision-making, and more at the macro level of health care delivery in the US.


John M. Burke, MD

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Addressing Informative Censoring Bias in Clinical Trials

Oncology trials often celebrate treatments improving progression-free survival, yet toxicity-related censoring can bias results. Emphasizing overall survival and quality of life offers clearer insights into true clinical benefit.


Lindsey S. Treviño, PhD

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Disparities in Access to CAR T-Cell Therapy for Patients With Cancer

Lindsey S. Treviño, PhD, discusses some of the disparities that currently exist among patients with cancer.


Firas B. Badin, MD

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Repotrectinib Shows Improvement Over First-Generation TKIs in ROS1+ NSCLC

Firas B. Badin, MD, discusses the improvements seen with repotrectinib compared with first-generation ROS1-targeting tyrosine kinase inhibitors for patients with advanced ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.


Mehrdad Abedi, MD

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Exploring the Use of Orca-T for Patients With Acute and Chronic GVHD

Mehrdad Abedi, MD, discusses Orca-T, a high precision cell therapy, for patients with acute and chronic graft-vs-host disease.


Bruno Lemos, PhD

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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.


Milind Javle, MD

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Phase 3 HIMALAYA Trial Shows OS Benefit of Durvalumab in HCC

Milind Javle, MD, discusses the phase 3 HIMALAYA study of durvalumab and tremelimumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular cancer.


Eric A. Singer, MD

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Next Steps for Finding Optimal Role for Adjuvant RCC Therapy

Eric A. Singer, MD, MS, discusses future developments that could improve the utilization of adjuvant therapy for high-risk renal cell carcinoma.


Anjana Patel, BSc

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Incorporating Biomarker Testing in Community Cancer Clinics: A Real-World Pilot Study

Although there is tremendous excitement about boundaries of science stretching beyond human imagination, realizing the real-world impact of scientific advancement on the health outcomes of patients provides a reality check on how far we still must go.


Salman Fazal, MD

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Fazal on Modalities to Lower the Risk of Acute and Chronic GVHD

Salman Fazal, MD, discusses acute and chronic graft-versus-host-disease and younger match unrelated donor transplant for patients with cancer.


Hayder Saeed, MD

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Targeted Therapy With Tafasitamab Proves Effective in DLBCL

Hayder Saeed, MD, discusses how the mechanism of action of tafasitamab makes the therapy a potent cancer cell killer for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.


Charles Powell, MD, MBA

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Anti-HER2 Treatments Can Cause Pulmonary Toxicities in HER2+ Breast Cancer

Charles Powell, MD, MBA, discusses the questions surrounding pulmonary toxicities when using anti-HER2 monoclonal antibodies such as trastuzumab deruxtecan for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.


Cary Gross, MD

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Link Between Medicaid and Rates of Biomarker Testing in NSCLC

Cary Gross, MD, discusses the findings from a retrospective study which revealed there to be an association between Medicaid insurance, rates of biomarker testing, and patient outcomes among patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer.


Marco J. de Lima, MD

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CAR T-Cell Therapy Access Remains Elusive, But Solutions May Be Closer Than Expected

Widespread access to CAR T-cell therapy remains a problem, and quite a few challenges have arisen in regards to optimizing outcomes for CAR T-cell therapy in patients with hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.


Meredith McKean, MD

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Melanoma Treatment Advances: Fianlimab and Cemiplimab Show Promise

Meredith McKean, MD, discusses a longer-term follow-up study investigating fianlimab and cemiplimab immunotherapy in advanced melanoma.


Jacob Stein, MD, MPH

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Exploring the Benefits of Nab-Sirolimus in Advanced PEComa Treatment

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Jacob Stein, MD, MPH, discussed nab-sirolimus and its impact on patients with advanced PEComa.


Mary F. Mulcahy, MD

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Implications of the EPOCH Trial in Clinical Practice

Mary F. Mulcahy discusses the potential implications of the EPOCH trial in clinical practice.


Ryan Sugarman, MD

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Takeaways From CheckMate-649 in Gastric/GEJ/Esophageal Cancers

Ryan Sugarman, MD, discusses the key takeaways from the CheckMate-649 trial of patients with advanced gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, and esophageal adenocarcinoma receiving nivolumab combined with chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone in the first-line.


Raajit Rampal, MD, PhD

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Individualized Approaches and Challenges in Myelofibrosis

Raajit K. Rampal, MD, PhD, discusses how the field of gene therapy and precision medicine is evolving in the context of myelofibrosis treatment.


Wendy Stock, MD

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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Older Adults: Is Chemotherapy-Free Treatment in the Future?

Investigation of intensive chemotherapy regimens has unfortunately resulted in a lack of improvement in outcomes for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the second of the bimodal peaks.


Riad Salem, MD, MBA

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Case 4: Later Lines of Therapy for Patients With Recurrent HCC

Expert panelists consider later-line treatment options for a patient with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma.


David Barrington, MD

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Future Directions for Treating Stage 1B, Grade 3 Endometrial Cancer

David Barrington, MD, discusses the next steps for oncologists treating patients with stage 1B, grade 3 endometrial cancer.


David Valcárcel Ferreiras, MD, PhD

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Exploring Advancements in Higher-Risk MDS

Despite recent setbacks in clinical trials, there is still hope for improving treatments for high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.


Ketan K. Badani, MD

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Exploring Therapies in Combination With Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in RCC

Ketan K. Badani, MD, discusses whether cytoreductive nephrectomies are efficacious when combined with immunotherapeutic agents in patients with renal cell carcinoma.


Daniel Rubin, PharmD

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Known Biomarkers, Better Care: Optimizing a CDS Tool to Guide Personalized Cancer Treatment

Daniel Rubin, PharmD, discusses key takeaways from a study exploring the use. of a clinical decision tool for biomarker documentation.


Yanghee Woo, MD

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Survival Gains and Challenges: The CROSS Trial in GEJ Cancer

Yanghee Woo, MD, discusses the details and lasting impact of the CROSS trial in the treatment of gastroesophageal junction and esophageal cancers.


Nizar Bahlis, MD

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Updated MAIA Trial Data Show Improved Survival for Multiple Myeloma

Nizar Bahlis, MD, discusses the findings from the randomized phase III MAIA trial, which evaluated the combination regimen of daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in transplant-ineligible patients with multiple myeloma.