The US Oncology Network | Association Partnerships

Eric Nadler, MD, MPP, led a Case-Based Roundtable discussion on treating a 58-year-old man with thyroid cancer.

Today, many community oncology practices routinely employ genetic testing, enabling newly diagnosed patients and their oncologists to make treatment decisions and to formulate preventive strategies based on genetic information.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Roundtable event, Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, discussed the case of a patient with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Eric Nadler, MD, MPP, lead a Cased-Based Roundtable event during which participants discussed how PD-L1 expression in patient with non–small cell lung cancer impacts treatment decisions.

Results from the first phase of the broad, collaborative MYLUNG research study in lung cancer provide a close-up look at current biomarker testing rates and turnaround times for patients treated in community practices within The US Oncology Network.

The combination of alrizomadlin and pembrolizumab was well tolerated in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma or advanced solid tumors that have been resistant to immuno-oncologic drugs treated in a phase 2 study.

During a virtual Targeted Oncology Case-Based Roundtable event, Kartik Konduri, MD, discussed the case of a 58-year-old patients with small cell lung cancer.

Surgical oncology expertise has been expanded to local communities in North Texas after physicians from Texas Colon & Rectal Specialists, a large colorectal cancer practice in North Texas, have joined Texas Oncology, increasing The US Oncology Network’s reach.

Robert Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses the research model he utilizes to bring more patient research to the lung cancer field, a topic he presented on during the Association of Community Cancer Centers Annual Meeting.

Therapies targeting oncogenesis and the tumor microenvironment are increasingly replacing chemotherapies as first-line treatments for non–small cell lung cancer.

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.

In season 1, episode 5 of Targeted Talks, Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, speaks with Alex Spira, MD, PhD, FACP, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community cancer centers and hospitals in the United States.

A total of 100,000 patients are now enrolled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s Oncology Care Model, as a result of the efforts of The US Oncology Network.

Several late-phase results were shared during the European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress in gynecologic malignancies, but the data presented generated excitement about the number of novel options for patients after initial treatment.

Once the impact of COVID-19 begins to minimize and activities settle into a “new normal,” efforts to expand precision medicine across many diseases will resume.