Videos

An expert discusses how medical professionals monitor and manage adverse events (AEs) with adjuvant nivolumab through regular assessments, including laboratory tests and clinical evaluations. While approaches may overlap with metastatic settings, adjuvant treatment often emphasizes early detection of immune-related AEs, as patients are generally healthier.

An expert discusses how medical professionals are increasingly utilizing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and tissue PD-L1 to guide recommendations for adjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy. ctDNA helps monitor minimal residual disease and early treatment response while tissue PD-L1 status aids in predicting ICI efficacy, optimizing patient treatment plans.

An expert discusses how enthusiasm for adjuvant anti–PD-1 therapy varies based on key factors. Receipt of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), nodal involvement, positive margins, variant histology, and PD-L1 expression influence recommendations. Observation may be preferred in frail, elderly, or autoimmune-prone patients. muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIBC) status is critical in decision-making.

Panelists discuss treatment decision-making for metastatic non–-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a ROS1 alteration, focusing on targeted therapies and personalized treatment strategies.

M. Michele Blackwood, MD, FACS, highlights an innovative trial delivering 1 week of pre-surgery and 2 weeks of post-surgery radiation for patients with breast cancer.

An expert discusses how medical professionals have integrated tagraxofusp into blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) treatment, leveraging its CD123-targeted efficacy per 0114 trial data. Real-world findings (Angelucci et al, ASH 2023) align with clinical outcomes, reinforcing tagraxofusp’s role in BPDCN management by supporting its safety and effectiveness in broader settings.

An expert discusses how, historically, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) was treated with regimens for acute leukemia or lymphoma. Current NCCN guidelines recommend intensive multiagent chemotherapy followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation, when possible, with targeted therapies like tagraxofusp now available for specific cases.

An expert discusses how medical professionals counsel patients on adverse event (AE) risks with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) such as lenvatinib/everolimus by highlighting key safety distinctions, including hypertension (HTN), fatigue, and diarrhea. For third-line tivozanib, tolerability and common toxicities (eg, Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia (PPE), HTN) are considered. AE incidence, discontinuation rates, and drug interactions guide treatment choices. Managing toxicities involves prevention, monitoring, and mitigation strategies, with dose modifications tailored based on severity and combination regimens. Community oncologists are advised on proactive AE management to optimize outcomes.

Seth Wander, MD, PhD, discusses the significance of ESR1 mutations in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Cedric Pobel, MD, covers the PEACE-1 trial of radiotherapy, standard of care, and abiraterone in low-volume metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

A panelist discusses how detailed clinical assessments of hematologic parameters, symptom burden, thrombotic risk, and molecular markers inform necessary treatment modifications when initial therapeutic approaches prove inadequate in patients with polycythemia vera (PV).

A panelist discusses how they prioritize specific clinical and laboratory parameters when assessing response to first-line therapy in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) requiring combined phlebotomy and cytoreductive treatment, focusing on hematocrit control, symptom improvement, phlebotomy frequency reduction, and molecular marker trends as key indicators of therapeutic efficacy.

The panelist discusses, for intermediate-stage unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), key clinical pearls include prioritizing transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) as a first-line therapy, with systemic options for TACE-ineligible patients or progression; consider lenvatinib or atezolizumab plus bevacizumab based on liver function and risk factors. Evaluate treatment success via a radiologic response (mRECIST criteria), AFP levels, and toxicity profiles; modify treatment upon radiologic progression, prohibitive toxicity, or declining performance status.

Saeed Sadeghi, MD, discusses the findings on transfusion independence achieved with treatment for patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Jacob E. Berchuck, MD, highlights challenges in adopting liquid biopsy for PSMA expression and its potential to revolutionize precision medicine in prostate cancer.

An expert discusses emerging developments in the use of systemic immunotherapy for recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) from the perspective of a radiation oncologist, highlighting how findings from Liu et al (Lancet, 2024) inform the evolving treatment landscape.

An expert discusses strategies for monitoring response to treatment, including observation, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) titers, and other relevant methods.

An expert discusses the treatment approach for recurrence in Case 1, evaluating the combination of toripalimab + gemcitabine/cisplatin for recurrent disease and considering the potential for re-irradiation, while also reflecting on the treatment strategy in Case 2 and the criteria for determining whether the patient would benefit from additional radiation therapy.

An expert discusses key considerations for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) therapy from the perspective of radiation oncology.

An expert discusses the use of toripalimab in the treatment of recurrent and metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) through clinical case introductions.

An expert discusses how the positive efficacy findings from the phase 3 RESPONSE trial, showing high rates of hematocrit control and spleen response with ruxolitinib vs standard therapy in hydroxyurea-resistant/intolerant polycythemia vera (PV), have enhanced the treatment approach for patients with inadequate response to hydroxyurea.

An expert discusses how advances in JAK V617F monitoring have improved the assessment of disease status and guided treatment decisions and how risk assessment tools have transformed the ability to optimize treatment selection in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).

Panelists discuss how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy could potentially be moved to earlier lines of treatment in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma based on emerging trial data, improving outcomes through earlier intervention before patients develop treatment resistance.

Ken Kato, MD, PhD, and Harry H. Yoon, MD, MHS, discussed the recent FDA approval of tislelizumab in the first line for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

An expert discusses how recent data on adjuvant anti–PD-1 trials highlight the significance of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS), guiding clinical decisions. In muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIBC), event-free survival (EFS) and OS benefits without delaying curative cystectomy are crucial. Adjuvant nivolumab is typically initiated within 12 weeks post cystectomy, considering pathology, recovery, and performance status.

A panelist discusses how the integration of immunotherapy into recurrent/metastatic (R/M) nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treatment requires careful patient monitoring for immune-related adverse events, strategic sequencing with other modalities, consideration of biomarker-guided approaches, and awareness of emerging combination strategies that may further improve outcomes, while ongoing research into novel immunotherapeutic agents, maintenance strategies, and treatment de-escalation protocols aims to optimize efficacy while minimizing toxicity in the evolving landscape of NPC management.

An expert discusses how the updated results from CheckMate 274 (Galsky 2025) include updated disease-free survival (DFS) and interim overall survival (OS), along with other key end points such as nonurothelial tract recurrence-free survival (NUTRFS), distant metastasis-free survival (DMFS), and second progression-free survival (PFS2). An exploratory analysis assessed outcomes in the muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (MIBC) subgroup, prior neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) use, and PD-L1 expression. This analysis was conducted to further evaluate efficacy across subgroups and refine the understanding of treatment impact.

A panelist discusses how immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy has revolutionized recurrent/metastatic (R/M) nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) treatment through improved survival outcomes demonstrated in landmark trials such as JUPITER-02 with toripalimab and KEYNOTE-590 with pembrolizumab, emphasizing that although most patients benefit regardless of PD-L1 status or Epstein-Barr virus positivity, clinicians must carefully consider patient-specific factors, such as performance status and comorbidities, alongside the management of unique immune-related adverse events through early recognition, established treatment algorithms, and multidisciplinary collaboration to optimize outcomes in this evolving treatment landscape.

A panelist discusses how treatment strategies for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have evolved, with the updated NCCN guidelines now recommending toripalimab plus gemcitabine/cisplatin as category 1 first-line therapy for recurrent/metastatic (R/M) disease based on the JUPITER-02 trial results showing significantly improved 4-year overall survival (OS) rates of 48% vs 27.7% with chemotherapy alone, while emphasizing that treatment decisions should consider patient-specific factors, such as Epstein-Barr virus status, prior treatments, and comorbidities, alongside nonpatient factors, including drug accessibility, need for rapid response, and capacity to manage immune-related adverse events.

A panelist discusses how a 48-year-old man with recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) presents with nasal congestion, epistaxis, neck swelling, and unilateral hearing issues, highlighting the importance of recognizing these symptoms in patients with a family history of NPC.