Interviews

Arjun Balar, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Hematology & Oncology, New York University Cancer Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses new approaches to the management of metastatic bladder cancer.

Evan Y. Yu, MD, discusses the role of PET imaging in prostate cancer.

Frederick Alan Rapoport, MD, discusses the results of the SALT 1 and SALT 2 studies, which measured the efficacy of tolvaptan (Samsca) in patients with euvolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia

Harriet Kluger, MD, associate professor of medicine (medical oncology), associate director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the difference between blocking PD-1 and PD-L1 in melanoma.

Matthew D. Galsky, MD, discusses the potential role of ipilimumab for the treatment of advanced bladder cancer.

Franco M. Muggia, MD, professor of oncology, New York University, director, Division of Medical Oncology, New York University Medical Center, discusses the identification and treatment of ovarian cancer.

Jae Park, MD, attending physician, Leukemia Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, comments on the treatment of patients with hairy cell leukemia.

Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD, discusses using crizotinib to treat patients with ALK-positive lung cancer.

Lawrence N. Shulman, MD,discusses the results of the CALGB 40101 trial.

Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses targeting KRAS in colorectal cancer.

Vicki Keedy, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director, Sarcoma Program, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, discusses novel agents that are currently under investigation for the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD, discusses the development process of PD-1 antibody MK-3475 in melanoma.

William Kevin Kelly, DO, discusses the role of chemotherapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Renier J. Brentjens, MD, PhD, discusses the potential of using CAR-modified T cells to treat hematologic cancers.

Richard S. Finn, MD, discusses the aurora kinase inhibitor AMG900.

Bradley Monk, MD, gynecologic oncologist, University of Arizona Cancer Center Phoenix Branch, discusses the role of bevacizumab in the treatment of metastatic cervical cancer.

Mark J. Levis, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, discusses the background and future of quizartinib for FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia at the 2013 Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, which took place from November 6-8.

Margaret A. Tempero, MD, discusses therapies that are currently in development for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

James T. Thigpen, MD, discusses the comparison of treatment options in ovarian cancer.

Ragini Kudchadkar, MD, discusses the benefits of combining BRAF and MEK inhibitors when treating melanoma.

Julie R. Brahmer, MD, explains the role of the PD-1 pathway and the ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 in the regulation of the immune system.

Melissa L. Pilewskie, MD, assistant attending physician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, comments on outcomes and guidelines for MRI in patients with DCIS.

Tony S.K. Mok, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong, China, discusses the utility of afatinib in patients with lung cancer.

Omid Hamid, MD, discusses promising combination therapies for the treatment of melanoma.

Mark A. Morgan, MD, discusses the role of robotic surgery in gynecologic cancer.

Torsten O. Nielsen, MD, PhD, FRCPC, a professor of pathology at the University of British Columbia, discusses the difficulties when using Ki67 to measure proliferation in breast cancer.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Department of Cutaneous Oncology, director, Donald A. Adam Comprehensive Melanoma Research Center, Moffitt Cancer Center, comments on the importance of a SPORE grant.

Corey J. Langer, MD, discusses the treatment of patients with early stage lung cancer.

Michael Birrer, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, director, Gillette Center for Gynecologic Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses other targets in ovarian cancer besides PARP.

S. Gail Eckhardt, MD, discusses the role of regorafenib in colorectal cancer.