Authors


Wayne Kuznar

Latest:

BGB-11417 +/- Zanubrutinib Demonstrates Early Efficacy Signals in CLL/SLL

Phase 1 clinical trial data shows that BGB-11417 may induce response and lead to minimal residual disease negativity in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


Wayne Kuzner

Latest:

PSMA-Directed Therapies and Diagnostics Expand Their Scope in Prostate Cancer

With the emergence of therapies that target PSMA, a cell surface transmembrane protein that is overexpressed in most prostate cancer cells, particularly in castration-resistant disease, the ability to detect and treat the disease has been transformed.


Weijing Sun, MD

Latest:

Considering Radiation and Preoperative Therapy Options in Locally Advanced GEJ Cancers

Weijing Sun, MD, discusses a major topic in locally advanced gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma covered at the 2018 ISGIO Annual Conference in Arlington, Virginia.



Wen Wee Ma, MBBS

Latest:

Current Management of Pancreatic Cancer

Recent therapeutic advances have almost doubled the survival of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer, and the availability of highly active chemotherapy regimens is making personalized medicine a reality.


Will Pass, DVM

Latest:

FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Broaden Clinical Trial Inclusion

The FDA recently released 5 new draft guidance documents that promote broader patient eligibility for cancer clinical trials. The policies encourage inclusion of certain individuals who were previously disqualified due to medical conditions or biological factors, including brain metastases, organ dysfunction, prior or concurrent malignancies, chronic infections, and age.


Willemina R. Geurts-Giele, PhD

Latest:

Detecting the MET Exon 14 Skipping Mutations in NSCLC

Willemina R. Geurts-Giele, PhD, discusses 2 approaches used to detect the MET exon 14 skipping mutation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.


William D. Tap, MD

Latest:

Olaratumab Plus Doxorubicin in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

William D. Tap, MD, discusses results from a phase Ib/II presented at the 2015 Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Annual Meeting.


William G. Wierda, MD, PhD

Latest:

Exploring Why Venetoclax and Ibrutinib Have Synergy in the CLL Population

William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, discusses the synergy between ibrutinib and venetoclax in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


William J. Gradishar, MD

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Choosing Therapies for Early-Stage HER2+ Breast Cancer

William J. Gradishar, MD, discusses the choice of adjuvant or neoadjuvant regimens for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.


William K. Oh

Latest:

Addressing Challenges With New Therapies in Prostate Cancer

William K. Oh, MD, discusses phase III studies in the prostate cancer setting which led to the use of these new treatments, such as androgen receptor targeted therapies with chemotherapy in earlier disease settings.


William K. Oh, MD

Latest:

Evaluating Significance of ENZAMET Trial in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer

William K. Oh, MD, discusses the rationale for presenting the data for the phase III ENZAMET trial in a plenary session at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting. He says these data were significant because it was a large randomized clinical trial for the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.


William Kevin Kelly, DO

Latest:

Selecting Therapy for Patients with CRPC

William Kevin Kelly, DO, professor of medical oncology and urology, Thomas Jefferson University, discusses the possibility of preselecting which castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients will be sensitive to chemotherapy or hormone therapy.



William Oh, MD

Latest:

Incorporating Biomarker Testing in Community Cancer Clinics: A Real-World Pilot Study

Although there is tremendous excitement about boundaries of science stretching beyond human imagination, realizing the real-world impact of scientific advancement on the health outcomes of patients provides a reality check on how far we still must go.


William Sikov, MD

Latest:

Dr. William Sikov on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients Not Responding to Treatment

William Sikov, MD, associate director of Clinical Research, Program in Women



William Wierda, MD

Latest:

Dr. William Wierda on Ibrutinib and Idelalisib as Treatments in NSCLC

William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, discusses ibrutinib and idelalisib as treatments for non-small cell lung cancer. Wierda says that as it currenlty stands, ibrutinib is approved only for patients with NSCLC with a 17p deletion untreated and idelalisib is only approved for patients with untreated NSCLC.




Winston Tan, MD

Latest:

Treatments Improve PFS in Thyroid Cancer

Winston Tan, MD, discusses 2 agents that have advanced the treatment landscape for patients with thyroid cancer, including the multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib and another TKI, sorafenib.


W.K. Alfred Yung, MD

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Exploring Immunotherapy in Brain Cancer

W. K. Alfred Yung, MD, a professor of Neuro-oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the future of immuno-oncology in the treatment landscape of brain cancer. 


Wouter W. de Herder, MD, PhD

Latest:

Use of Somatostatin Analogs in Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumors

Wouter W. de Herder, MD, PhD, professor of Endocrine Oncology, Erasmus MC, discusses the use of somatostatin analogs in patients with neuroendocrine tumors, as well as significant clinical trials investigating these agents.


Xiaoliang Wu, MD

Latest:

Current Role of MET Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy

Emerging discoveries of MET chromosomal fusions provide additional promise as therapeutic genomic targets in MET cancer therapy and would need to be tested vigorously.


Xiaosong Meng, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Meng Discusses the Significance of MRI-US Fusion Targeted Biopsies in Prostate Cancer

Xiaosong Meng, MD, PhD, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses MRI-US fusion targeted biopsies in high-grade prostate cancer.


Yael Cohen, MD

Latest:

Teclistamab With Talquetamab Shows a Manageable Safety Profile in RRMM

Yael Cohen, MD, discusses the main safety findings from the phase 1/2 RedirecTT-1 trial, which is evaluating the combination of teclistamab-cqyv and talquetamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Yardena Samuels, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Yardena Samuels on Targeting Pathways Instead of Proteins in Melanoma

Yardena Samuels, PhD, on the ineffectiveness of targeting a single gene of proteins in patients with melanoma. Samuels says this strategy may work for the short term for treatment, but patients would tend to develop a resistance much quicker to treatment strategies using this method.


Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD

Latest:

Biomarker Testing Varies at Community/Academic Centers for Gastric Cancer

Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, discusses the differences between biomarker testing at academic centers versus community centers for patients with gastric cancer.


Yousef Zakharia, MD

Latest:

Does COSMIC-313 Make the Case for Triplet Therapy in RCC?

Yousef Zakharia, MD, discusses the COSMIC-313 study and its implications to date.


Yu (Amy) Zong

Latest:

Nab-Paclitaxel as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

Yu (Amy) Zong, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, discusses a meta-analysis of nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel as neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer.