Alice S. Mims, MD, MSCR, discusses new regimens for treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia, including anti-CD47 immunotherapy, IDH inhibitors, and menin inhibitors.
Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO, discusses the types of patients who should be tested for biomarkers in the anal cancer space.
Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, explains how community oncologists can care for their patient after they have been treated with chimeric antigen receptor T cells.
Andrew J. Armstrong, MD, ScM, discusses the methods behind a study that established a digital pathology biomarker for the benefit of androgen deprivation therapy in localized high-risk prostate cancer.
Zev A. Wainberg, MD, discusses the pressing relevance of the outcomes of the NAPOLI 3 trial, which were presented at the 2023 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Peter Hillmen, MBChB, PhD, discussed the case of 61-year-old patient with diffuse infiltration by chronic leukocytic leukemia.
Melhem Solh, MD, discusses the future for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia that harbors a TP53 gene mutation, and gives his own recommendations to community oncologists who are treating patients with this disease.
Allogeneic HCT has shown promise as definitive treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory AML.
A lack of understanding about renal cell carcinoma (RCC), clinical trials, and the diseases psychosocial impact may exist in patients living with the illness and their families.
Scott R. Solomon, MD, discusses the adverse events and pharmacokinetics of lisocabtagene maraleucel in 12 patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who had previously received anti-CD19 therapy.
In a comprehensive review of the last 20 years of advancements and challenges in the pancreatic adenocarcinoma landscape, Dr. Tomsilav Dragovich highlights how treatment has evolved for this patient population.
Multiple myeloma expert, Dr Clifton Mo, shares his insights on future directions for the treatment of multiple myeloma.
Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH, discusses how healthcare professionals and patients can come together facing the threats of climate change on cancer care.
In season 4, episode 18 of Targeted Talks, Arvind Dasari, MD, MS, dives into the recent approval of fruquintinib for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Tracy Proverbs-Singh, MD, and Steven Lee-Kong, MD, reflect on how to incorporate sequencing and personalized treatments effectively in oncology practice.
In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Daniel G. Stover, MD, highlighted the objective to enhance delivery of endocrine therapy plus CDK4/6 inhibitors to patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer by utilizing biomarker assessments as a guide to interchange or cease treatment at the most favorable time.
Ulka N. Vaishampayan, MBBS, FAB, discusses the updated data from CheckMate 214 of nivolumab and ipilimumab versus sunitinib in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Yago Nieto, MD, PhD, discusses the findings from a phase 2 trial evaluating treatment with panobinostat, gemcitabine, busulfan, and melphalan for high-risk or relapsed/refractory myeloma.
Peter A. McSweeney, MD, discusses the challenges that come with administering chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. He also explains how CAR T cells entering the second-line may change the ways community practices choose treatments for their patients.
David J. Andorsky, MD, discusses findings from a retrospective study of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma from ASH 2023.
Matthew Matasar, MD, discusses the next steps for the development of ibrutinib given in combination with venetoclax for patients with mantle cell lymphoma, and potential challenges with using the combination.
Ajaz M. Khan, MD, MBA, CPE, a medical oncologist and chair of the CTCA Department of Medical Oncology, explores available treatments for patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.
The normal gut microbiota metabolizes nutrients and drugs, maintains the gut mucosal barrier integrity, protects against pathogens, and trains and develops the immune system. The gut microbiome has been implicated in many human pathologies.
Guru P. Sonpavde, MD, provides insights on the phase 3 CheckMate 901 trial and explains what a community oncologist should know about the use of concurrent frontline nivolumab plus chemotherapy in metastatic or unresectable urothelial carcinoma based on this study.
Aparna Hegde, MD, discusses the decision to use osimertinib as soon as possible in patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Mahvish Muzaffar, MD, and Nasreen Vohra, MD, from the Brody School of Medicine/East Carolina University, discuss the past decade of progress in treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Cyrus M. Khan, MD, discusses the eligibility criteria of a phase 1/2 study evaluating glofitamab for the treatment of patients with large B-cell lymphoma, and provides data from the expansion cohorts of the trial.