Curative and Palliative Treatment Options for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma
September 22nd 2019Amit Singal, MD, discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and how the treatments differ among patients caught in early-stage versus late-stage at the 2019 International Liver Cancer Association Annual Conference.
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Expert Discusses the Role of PD-L1 Expression as a Predictive Biomarker in Urothelial Carcinoma
September 20th 2019Robert Dreicer, MD, discusses the role of biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy in patients with urothelial carcinoma. He highlights the current status of using PD-L1 expression as a predictive biomarker to immunotherapy.
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Histologic Type Distinguishes Indolent Thyroid Cancers from More Aggressive Disease
September 19th 2019Andrew Turk, MD, discusses the main factors that can be used to determine whether a patient presenting with thyroid cancer has an indolent form of the disease or a more aggressive thyroid cancer.
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FLT3 Inhibitors Impact Treatment Landscape for Patients With FLT3-Mutated AML
September 18th 2019Gail Roboz, MD, discusses the use of FLT3 inhibitors as treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia, which can be a heterogenous and difficult-to-treat disease. There is a lot of optimism for new drugs and targets in AML, but the disease itself remains tough to treat, according to Roboz.
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NGS Testing Necessary for Treatment of Lung Adenocarcinoma
September 17th 2019Timothy F. Burns, MD, PhD, discusses the necessary role of next-generation sequencing testing in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. In order to incorporate this into clinical practice, there is still a lot more work to be done, Burns says. Around 20% to 25% of patients with adenocarcinoma have targetable alterations.
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Melflufen Plus Dexamethasone Safe and Effective For R/R Multiple Myeloma
September 15th 2019Paul G. Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical research of the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and RJ Corman Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, discusses the interesting safety and efficacy profiles of the HORIZON trial.
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