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An Abramson Cancer Center expert explains how departments can leverage informatics during the 10th Annual NANETS Symposium. 

Bringing coordinated multidisciplinary cancer treatment together into one place is ideal to improve care for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), according to David C. Metz, MD, during the 10th Annual NANETS Symposium. 

Andrew E. Hendifar, MD, discusses clinical experience with a 92-gene assay and the importance of molecular classification in the NETs landscape.

David C. Metz, MD, PhD, associate chief for Clinical Affairs, Gastrointestinal Division, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, discusses the utility of somatostatin analogs and emerging agents in the landscape of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).

David Metz, MD, chair of the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society, discusses the focus on multidisciplinary care and exciting areas of research being presented during the 10th Annual NANETS Symposium. 

As an experienced medical oncologist and clinical researcher specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors, Pamela Kunz, MD, says the upcoming 2017 North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) Annual Symposium offers her a chance to not only expand her own knowledge of neuroendocrine tumor research, but also allows her to share her past experience with professionals just starting out in the field.

The 2017 North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) Annual Symposium is kicking off tomorrow, October 19, in Philadelphia with a 3-day lineup of presentations sure to leave professionals in the neuroendocrine community with a better understanding of ongoing neuroendocrine tumor research efforts, a look at what is on the horizon, and an abundance of networking opportunities with a variety of specialists throughout their field.

Triplet therapy for advanced, <em>BRAF</em> V600-mutant melanoma led to objective responses in 73% of a small group of patients enrolled in a phase I trial, according to updated results reported at the 2017 ESMO Annual Congress in Madrid.

H. Jack West, MD, medical oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute of Swedish Medical Center, discusses the results of the&nbsp;phase III FLAURA study of frontline osimertinib (Tagrisso) in patients with&nbsp;EGFR-mutant non&ndash;small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

A multicenter retrospective analysis presented at the 2017 ESMO Congress found that a newly defined subset of patients treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy&nbsp;experienced accelerated tumor growth indicative of hyperprogressive disease (HPD).

Frontline treatment with the combination of&nbsp;dabrafenib and trametinib induced an&nbsp;objective response rate of 64% (95% CI, 46%-79%) and a disease control rate of 75% in patients with&nbsp;<em>BRAF</em>-mutant metastatic non&ndash;small cell lung cancer.

Vx-001, a cancer vaccine that employs a new strategy targeting a universal tumor antigen, significantly improved overall survival in patients with advanced or metastatic non&ndash;small cell lung cancer who developed an immune response to the vaccine, according to findings presented at the 2017 ESMO Annual Congress in Madrid, Spain.

Nearly half of patients with resectable stage IIIB/C BRAF V600-mutant melanoma achieved pathologic complete response with neoadjuvant treatment with dabrafenib and trametinib, according to results of a phase II study presented at the 2017 ESMO Congress in Madrid.

Arti Hurria, MD, director, Cancer and Aging Research Program, City of Hope, discusses challenges facing geriatric patients with breast cancer.

HER2-positive breast cancer has gone from &quot;worst to first&quot; because of the success of the monoclonal antibody drug trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy.&nbsp;

The randomized phase IIb METRIC trial could possibly pave the way for the first FDA approval for a targeted therapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;

Younger women with breast cancer, which make up of around 20% of patients, present with unique disease characteristics that warrant careful consideration of potentials treatments, particularly given the potential for long-term side effects.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC School of Medicine, discusses adjuvant therapy for elderly patients with HER2-positive or triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Breast cancer in younger women needs a different adjuvant treatment strategy from that used in post-menopausal women, but it may not have to include suppressing ovarian function.

Harry Erba, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, director, University of Alabama (UAB) Hematologic Malignancy Program, UAB School of Medicine, discusses using MRD to guide therapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

As the breast cancer genome continues to be unraveled, a host of new targetable alterations outside of HER2 and the estrogen receptor are beginning to emerge, providing the exciting potential for development of new therapies.

Figuring out how a certain genetic result found through multigene testing might change not only the type of intervention but its timing is the chief challenge, according to Mark Robson, MD, in a presentation at the 2017 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

Advancements made in the field of molecular genetics for patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms may be increasingly incorporated into treatment decisions, according to a presentation by Ann Mullally, MD, during the 2017 SOHO Annual Meeting.

Initial results from a phase III trial indicated that patients with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia treated with bosutinib (Bosulif) achieved response faster than patients treated with imatinib (Gleevec).

Judith Paice, PhD, RN, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the current pain management for patients with breast cancer.

The treatment of myelofibrosis has changed significantly in the past few years, largely due to the approval of ruxolitinib (Jakafi). Although it provides durable improvements, the JAK inhibitor may be even more effective in combination&mdash;as inhibition of JAK-STAT signaling has not shown to be curative.

Efforts to improve outcomes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia should follow leads provided by next-generation sequencing and appropriate use of minimal residual disease criteria, a pediatric hematologist said at the 2017 Society of Hematology Oncology Annual Meeting in Houston.

Andrew Seidman, MD, discusses the Watson for Oncology application and the potential for Watson to be a valuable partner for oncologists during the&nbsp;19^th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women around the world, and those in low- and middle-income countries experience the most deaths from the disease, representing a major need for improvement with significant challenges.&nbsp;

Benjamin O. Anderson, MD, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses the current global unmet need for the treatment of patients with breast cancer.