Authors


Adam Bass, MD

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Differentiating Between the Classes of Gastric Cancer

Adam Bass, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the differentiation between the classes of gastric cancer.


Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP

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Brufsky Recaps PALOMA-2 Study of Palbociclib in Black Patients with aBC

Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, FACP, discusses background and next steps of the phase 3 PALOMA-2 study which evaluated palbociclib plus letrozole in patients that identified as Black or Hispanic with advanced breast cancer.


Adam Fisch, MD, PhD

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Gilteritinib Relapse Leads to Loss of FLT3-TKD Mutation in Patient With AML

Adam Fisch, MD, PhD, a clinical fellow in molecular genetic pathology at the Brigham’s Women’s Hospital, discusses the key points from a patient case he presented at the 2019 Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting and Expo, in which the patient with acute myeloid leukemia harboring a FLT3-TKD mutation lost the mutation following relapse on gilteritinib.


Adam J. Bass, MD

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Functional Genomics of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Adam J. Bass, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Cellular and Molecular Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses functional genomics of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.


Adam Kibel, MD

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Dr. Adam Kibel on Treating Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer

Kibel cited both the STAMPEDE and CHAARTED trials, which showed the efficacy of docetaxel plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in metastatic prostate cancer.



Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH

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Exploring Active Surveillance in Younger Patients With Prostate Cancer

Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH, urologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, assistant professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses a study focused on active surveillance in men with prostate cancer under the age of 60.



Adil Daud, MD

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Immunotherapy Versus Targeted Therapy for Advanced Melanoma

Adil Daud, MD, compares the roles of immunotherapy versus dabrafenib plus trametinib targeted therapy combinations in patients with advanced melanoma. The latter combination is appropriate and even preventative in select patients, but the decision between checkpoint immune therapy and immunotherapy comes down to what is best for each patient.


Aditya Bardia, MBBS, MPH

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Evaluating the Role of Liquid Biopsy in Breast Cancer

Aditya Bardia, MBBS, MPH, discusses the value of liquid biopsies in the treatment landscape of breast cancer. The real value of liquid biopsy in this space lies in providing oncologists with insight on what’s happening in tumor evolution.


Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH

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The Future of ER+/HER2- mBC Treatment

Dr Bardia provides his opinion on the current state of the ER+/HER2- treatment landscape and where elacestrant belongs in the current treatment paradigm.


Adrian Wiestner, MD, PhD

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Curing Versus Managing CLL

Adrian Wiestner, MD, PhD, senior investigator, National Institutes of Health, discusses curing or managing patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).



Ahmad Tarhini, MD, PhD

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Recent Advances in the Treatment Landscape of Melanoma

Ahmad Tarhini, MD, PhD, director of the Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program and Immune-Oncology Research at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, discusses 3 recent trials that are changing the adjuvant treatment landscape of melanoma. The treatments presented in these trials have less toxicities overall and less impact on the quality of life, according to Tarhini.



Ahmed Omar Kaseb, MD

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Reviewing the Current Treatment Landscape for Patients With HCC

Ahmed Omar Kaseb, MD, discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.


Aiko Nagayama, PhD

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Later-Line Management of Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Triple-negative breast cancer — defined as tumors that lack expression of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 amplification— is a heterogenous disease and clinically represents a major unmet need in the field of oncology. TNBC is associated with aggressive tumor biology and higher risk of recurrence and visceral metastasis, including brain metastasis.


Aiwu Ruth He, MD

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Checkpoint Inhibitors Under Investigation in Upper GI and Gastric Cancers

Aiwu Ruth He, MD, discusses the current role of immune checkpoint inhibitors in upper gastrointestinal and gastric cancers and which patients are most likely to benefit from the anti–PD-1 agents.


Ajai Chari, MD

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Challenge in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses the biggest challenge in treating patients with multiple myeloma.


Ajai Chari, MD, PhD

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The Future of Patient Care in RRMM

Dr Ajai Chari highlights the advantages of approved bispecific therapies as off-the-shelf options for patients with rapidly progressing multiple myeloma, highlighting the necessity for Phase 3 studies to confirm long-term benefits and safety. In closing, Dr Chari emphasizes the role of healthcare teams in managing side effects and complications, supporting the utility of bispecifics through unprecedented remissions and improved quality of life for patients.


Ajay Dhakal, MBBS

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Clinical Development of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors in Lung Cancer

This manuscript focuses on the latest clinical developments of newer generation selective CDK inhibitors in lung cancer.



Akhil Kumar, MD

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Gene Removal May Pose Future Treatment in Advanced Melanoma

Despite the availability of several new agents in the past 5 years for the treatment of melanoma, patients with advanced melanoma still suffer poor prognoses.


Akihito Kawazoe, MD

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Safety and Efficacy Results of Phase I/II SCOOP Trial in mCRC

Akihito Kawazoe, MD, discussed the safety and efficacy results of the phase I/II SCOOP trial of napabucasin plus pembrolizumab for treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.


Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO

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Advice To Community Oncologists Treating Patients With CRC

Al B. Benson III, MD, FACP, FASCO, professor of medicine at Northwestern University, shares advice to community oncologists treating patients with colorectal cancer. He emphasizes looking carefully at different patient characteristics before making treatment decisions.


Alain Borczuk, MD

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Liquid Biopsy Results Extend the Use of Tissue Samples in Lung Cancer

Alain Borczuk, MD, discusses the current role for liquid biopsies versus tissue biopsies in lung cancer and the challenges that need to be overcome in this space.


Alan P. Venook, MD

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Key Considerations When Selecting Frontline Therapy in mCRC

Alan P. Venook, MD, The Madden Family Distinguished Professor of Medical Oncology and Translational Research at the University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses key considerations in the selection of frontline therapy in metastatic colorectal cancer.


Alan Skarbnik, MD

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Follicular Lymphoma: Emerging Treatments

An oncologist ruminates on emerging treatment options in follicular lymphoma and offers some clinical pearls.