Videos

John Mascarenhas, MD, associate professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the results from the interim analysis of the MPD-RC 112 study, which compared frontline pegylated interferon-alpha-2a (Pegasys) with hydroxyurea in the treatment of patients with high-risk polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET).

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, associate professor of Surgery (Oncology), director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, Yale Cancer Center, discusses novel agents for neoadjuvant triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) treatment.

Alfred L. Garfall, MD, MS, assistant professor of Medicine, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses patterns of response and resistance among hematologic malignancies.

Eric Jonasch, MD, professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the phase II study of alternative sunitinib (Sutent) scheduling in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

Shlomo Koyfman, MD, associate staff, radiation oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) reirradiation for patients with head and neck cancer.

Christina M. Annunziata, MD, PhD, head, Translational Genomics Section, National Cancer Institute, discusses the phase II/III study of olaparib (Lynparza) and cediranib for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Metastatic RCC, Progressing on Multiple Therapies

Everett Vokes, MD, John E. Ultmann Professor of Medicine and Radiation Oncology, physician-in-chief, University of Chicago Medical Center, chair, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses current treatment strategies in head and neck cancer.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director of the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, co-director of the Melanoma Program, and head of Experimental Therapeutics at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses combination strategies for <em>BRAF</em>-mutant melanoma.

Kathleen N. Moore, MD, assistant professor, Stephenson Cancer Center, The University of Oklahoma, discusses the international, randomized phase III NOVA trial for recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, associate chief of Hematology/Oncology, co-director of the Comprehensive Breast Care Center, associate director of Clinical Investigation, University of Pittsburgh, discusses when to do a multiparameter genomic assay for patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, discusses the secondary efficacy results of the NOVA trial, which examines niraparib maintenance therapy for patients with ovarian cancer.

Alon Altman, MD, associate professor, Department of Obstertrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba, discusses neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with high-grade serous carcinoma. Across the world, many centers have shifted to more patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery and further chemotherapy.

Jubilee Brown, MD, obstetrician-gynecologist, Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses genetic counseling for patients with breast and ovarian cancer.

Elizabeth Swisher, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance,&nbsp;discusses next steps regarding treatments for patients with ovarian cancer. Combinations of PARP inhibitors with other DNA repair agents or even with immunotherapy has started to interest researchers.

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, associate professor of Surgery (Oncology), director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, Yale Cancer Center, discusses how Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act affects breast cancer practice.

<p>Emma Barber, MD, UNC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNC School of Medicine, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses surgical readmission and survival in patients with ovarian cancer. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy has been shown to decrease surgical morbidity, lowering the complication rates and risk of death.&nbsp;</p>

Joyce A. O&rsquo;Shaughnessy, MD, chair of Breast Cancer Research and the Celebrating Women Chair in Breast Cancer at Baylor-Sammons Cancer Center, discusses the ongoing MONARCH and neoMONARCH studies in breast cancer.

Kelly K. Hunt, MD, professor of Surgery, and chair, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses incorporating biologic factors into breast cancer staging.

Hope Rugo, MD, a professor of Medicine and director of the Breast Oncology Clinical Trials Program at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses targeting the androgen receptor in breast cancer.

Debu Tripathy, MD, chair of Breast Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the link between circulating tumor cells and survival outcomes in metastatic breast cancer.

Michael J. Overman, MD, medical oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses updated results from the CheckMate-142 trial, which investigated nivolumab alone or in combination with ipilimumab in patients with DNA mismatch repair deficient/microsatellite instability high metastatic colorectal cancer.&nbsp;

Robert Huddart, professor, The Institute of Cancer Research, discusses the HYBRID trial which assessed&nbsp;hypofractionated bladder radiotherapy with or without image guided adaptive planning in elderly patients with bladder cancer.