Assistant Editor, OncLive®
Jessica joined the company in August 2019 and is one of the point contacts for the OncLive On Air™ podcast. She is a Rider University alumna and holds a degree in journalism and biology. Prior to joining MJH Life Sciences, she interned with the Ireland-based social media monitoring agency Olytico and served as a copy editor and writer for The Rider News. Email: jhergert@onclive.com
Deeper Understanding of Osteosarcoma Biology Explains Challenges With Immunotherapy
March 5th 2020Multiple immune-infiltrate features in the immune-genomic landscape of osteosarcoma, such as poor tumor infiltration by immune cells, low T-cell activity, a lack of immune-stimulating neoantigens, and immune-suppressing pathways, contribute to the limited clinical activity associated with checkpoint inhibitors in this disease, according to results of a study published in Nature Communications.
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Venetoclax Poised to Have Role in Myeloma, Despite Safety Concerns
March 5th 2020Robb S. Friedman, MD, examines the developing role of venetoclax in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, based on the BELLINI results, and shares his anecdotal experience with the drug in the community setting.
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Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Shows Inferior Recurrence Rates in Early-Stage Cervical Cancer
February 24th 2020Patients with early-stage cervical cancer who undergo minimally invasive radical hysterectomy have an inferior rate of disease-free survival compared to women who undergo open abdominal radical hysterectomy.
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Molecular Markers Critical to Guiding Treatment in Newly Diagnosed mCRC
February 17th 2020Andrea Cercek, MD, shares insight on treatment selection, the importance of molecular testing, and unanswered questions with tumor sidedness in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer.
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SABCS Showcased Novel Agents in the HER2+ Breast Cancer Armamentarium
February 7th 2020Katherine D. Crew, MD, discusses the results of HER2CLIMB and DESTINY-Breast01, as well as other impactful data in HER2-positive breast cancer that emerged from the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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