PFS Improvement Seen in IMpower132 Trial for Patients With NSCLC
November 19th 2018Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, MD, Jay and Lori Eisenberg Distinguished Professor of Medicine and section chief of thoracic medical oncology in the department of thoracic/head and neck medical oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the data that were presented at the World Conference on Lung Cancer earlier this year for the IMpower 132 trial comparing the combination of carboplatin/cisplatin plus atezolizumab (Tecentriq) to standard chemotherapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.
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Phase III Trial for Patients With mCSCC Who Progress After First-line Chemotherapy
November 19th 2018Danny Rischin, MD, MBBS, FRACP, discusses an ongoing phase III trial for patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma or recurrent disease after progressing on frontline chemotherapy.
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Treatment Type and Cognitive Impairment in GIST
November 16th 2018During the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Connective Tissue Oncology Society, Anette Duensing, MD, assistant professor of pathology at University of Pittsburgh, discusses the need for further investigation into how treatment type impacts perceived cognitive function in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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Current Agents Approved for Treatment of HCC
November 15th 2018Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, discusses the approved agents available for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Compared to 2007 when there was only 1 agent available, sorafenib, there is now a great number of options for these patients.
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Rationale for Locally Aggressive Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
November 12th 2018Amol K. Narang, MD, discusses the improvement in systemic therapy for treatment of pancreatic cancer in recent years. He says that the combination of various chemotherapies are showing potential in a number of trials.
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