Dr. Borghaei on the FDA Approval of Nivolumab in Small Cell Lung Cancer
August 17th 2018Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, chief, Division of Thoracic Medical Oncology, director, Lung Cancer Risk Assessment, associate professor, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of nivolumab (Opdivo) for the treatment of patients with small cell lung cancer with disease progression following 2 or more lines of therapy.
Dr. Larner on Integrating Radiation Therapy With Immune Checkpoint Blockade in NSCLC
August 14th 2018James Larner, MD, professor and chair of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia Health System, discusses integrating radiation therapy with immune checkpoint blockade in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Dr. Maloney on the Promise of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies
August 3rd 2018David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the promise of CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.
Dr. Kahl on the Potential of CAR T-Cell Therapy in MCL
August 3rd 2018Brad Kahl, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the potential of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Dr. Maloney Discusses Updates With CAR T-Cell Therapy in NHL
July 18th 2018David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses updates with CAR T-cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dr. Costa on Triplet of Venetoclax, Carfilzomib, and Dexamethasone in Multiple Myeloma
June 3rd 2018Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, discusses phase II findings with the triplet regimen of venetoclax (Venclexta), carfilzomib (Kyprolis), and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Costa shared this insight in an interview with OncLive during the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Dr. Urbanic on the Evolution of Radiation in NSCLC
May 25th 2018James Urbanic, MD, associate professor, Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, discusses the evolution of radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
Dr. Harshman on Earlier Use of Immunotherapy in RCC
May 18th 2018Lauren C. Harshman, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses moving immunotherapy earlier in the line of therapy for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Dr. Flinn on FDA Approval of Tisagenlecleucel in DLBCL
May 2nd 2018Ian W. Flinn, MD, PhD, director of Lymphoma Research, principal investigator, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the FDA approval of the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for use in adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma—including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Dr Shannon Maude: The Novelty of CAR T Treatments Requires Patient Education
May 1st 2018Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell treatments are still new enough that there are still unknown regarding long-term side effects, which is something patients need to understand before they undergo treatment, said Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD, of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr Stephen Schuster: Unique CAR T Toxicities Require Provider Education
April 17th 2018Since patients who receive CAR T-cell therapy experience unique adverse events, there will need to be education for providers who care for these patients, explained Stephen Schuster, MD, of the Perelman School of Medicine.
Dr. Goldberg on Sequencing Following Treatment With Osimertinib in NSCLC
April 12th 2018Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, discusses sequencing after therapy with osimertinib (Tagrisso) in EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Dr Nina Shah Outlines New Treatments Being Studied for Multiple Myeloma
April 7th 2018While there has been progress with using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to treat multiple myeloma, these treatments aren’t ready for prime time, said Nina Shah, MD, associate professor, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
Dr. Park on CD19-Directed CAR T-Cell Therapy in Patients With ALL
April 6th 2018Jae Park, MD, hematologist oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the potential of CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).