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Louis B. Nabors, MD

Latest:

Dr. Nabors on Evolving Treatment Options for Brain Metastases

Louis B. Nabors, MD, of University of Alabama, Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the evolving treatment landscape for patients with brain metastases.


Louis M. Weiner, MD

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Dr. Weiner on the Criteria Required to Become an NCI-Designated Cancer Center

Louis M. Weiner, MD, director of the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the criteria required to become an NCI-designated cancer center.


Louis S. Constine, MD

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Combined Radiation Therapy and Checkpoint Inhibition in Lymphoma: A Case Report and Brief Review

The emergence of immune checkpoint inhibitors as an effective treatment strategy is a result of increased understanding of the elaborate relationship between tumor cells, their microenvironment and the host immune response.


Lowell Anthony, MD

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Dr. Anthony on the Pathology of Neuroendocrine Tumors

Lowell Anthony, MD, chief, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, discusses the various subtleties in defining the pathology of neuroendocrine tumors.


Lowell B. Anthony, MD

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Dr. Anthony on Treatment Benefit With Telotristat Epitrate in Patients With Carcinoid Syndrome

Lowell B. Anthony, MD, professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky, discusses patient exit interviews from the phase III placebo-controlled TELESTAR trial, which evaluated telotristate epitrate in patients with inadequately controlled carcinoid syndrome.


Lowell B. Anthony, MD, FACP

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Dr. Anthony on Spartalizumab in NETs

Lowell B. Anthony, MD, FACP, chief, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, discusses preliminary research with spartalizumab (PDR001) in neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).


Lowell L. Hart, MD

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Dr. Hart on Personalized Treatment Approach for Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer

Lowell L. Hart, MD, discusses personalized treatment approaches for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.


Lowell L. Hart, MD, FACP

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Dr. Hart on Detecting and Treating Interstitial Lung Disease in HER2+ Breast Cancer

Lowell L. Hart, MD, FACP, discusses detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who received fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki.


Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD

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Dr Costa on the Clinical Implications of the MASTER Trial in Multiple Myeloma

Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD, discusses clinical implications derived from a final analysis of the phase 2 MASTER trial, which evaluated quadruplet induction therapy in multiple myeloma.


Luciano Mutti, MD

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Dr. Mutti on Current Role of Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma

Luciano Mutti, MD, professor of Cancer Research, University of Salford Manchester, discusses the current role of immunotherapy for patients with mesothelioma.


Lucio Crinò, MD

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Dr. Crinò on Crizotinib in ALK-Positive NSCLC

Lucio Crinò, MD, discusses the results of the PROFILE 1007 trial that compared crizotinib with standard chemotherapy as second-line therapy for advanced ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer


Lucy Langer, MD

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CMS Should Broaden Coverage for Germline Mutation Testing

Sometimes referred to as massively parallel sequencing, next-generation sequencing evaluates millions of DNA sequences simultaneously, representing a true revolution compared with traditional, labor-intensive methods in which far less DNA could be sequenced at once.


Luis A. Diaz, Jr., MD

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Dr. Luis A. Diaz, Jr. on Pembrolizumab For MMR-Deficient Colorectal Cancer

Luis A. Diaz, Jr. MD, associate professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in heavily pretreated colorectal cancer patients with mismatch repair (MMR).


Luis A. Diaz, MD

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Dr. Diaz on Response Rates for MSI-H and NTRK Fusions in GI Cancer

Luis A. Diaz, MD, head of the division of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the responses seen with microsatellite-instability high (MSI-H) and NTRK fusions in patients with gastrointestinal cancer.


Luis Carvajal-Carmona, PhD

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Genetic Analysis of Remote Population May Advance Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment

Using blood samples collected from the Andean villagers, the laboratory at the UC Davis Genome Center uses a variety of high-throughput genetic analysis techniques to screen for genetic differences.


Luis E. Raez, MD

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Dr Raez on the FDA Approval of Repotrectinib in NTRK+ Solid Tumors

Luis E. Raez, MD, FACP, FCCP, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of repotrectinib in solid tumors harboring an NTRK gene fusion.




Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD

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Dr Paz-Ares on the Challenges of NGS in NSCLC

Luis G. Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, discusses the importance of next-generation sequencing and highlights current challenges with NGS for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.


Luis Paz-Ares, MD, PhD

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Dr Paz-Ares on Tusamitamab Ravtansine in CEACAM5-Positive NSCLC

Luis Paz-Ares, MD, PhD, discusses efficacy and safety findings from the phase 2 CARMEN-LC05 trial of tusamitamab ravtansine in patients with nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer with CEACAM5 expression.


Luis Z. Blanco Jr., MD

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Dr. Blanco on the Role of Pathology in Treatment of Breast Cancer

Luis Z. Blanco Jr., MD, assistant professor of Pathology, Northwestern University, discusses the role a pathologist plays in the treatment of a patient with breast cancer during a presentation at the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium.


Luisa Iruela-Arispe, PhD

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Dr. Iruela-Arispe on the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium

Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe from University of California, Los Angeles on the Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium


Luke Dow, PhD

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Next Steps for Wnt Research in Colorectal Cancer

Luke Dow, PhD, discusses the next steps for researching the Wnt pathway in colorectal cancer.


Luke Nordquist,

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Dr. Nordquist on Matching Patients to Clinical Trials

Luke Nordquist, MD, FACP, discusses matching patients with clinical trials in oncology.


Luke Nordquist, MD

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Dr. Luke Nordquist on Who Should Receive Radium-223

Luke Nordquist, MD, a urologic medical oncologist and CEO of the Urology Cancer Center and GU Research Network, discusses which patients may benefit from radium-223, those who should not receive the drug, and combinations that are being considered.


Luke Nordquist, MD, FACP

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Dr. Luke Nordquist on Radium-223 Retreatment

Luke Nordquist, MD, FACP, a urologic medical oncologist and CEO of the Urology Cancer Center and GU Research Network, discusses a multicenter, prospective study of radium-223 retreatment in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).


Lyn Beamesderfer

Latest:

Putting the Genome to Work in Breast Cancer

An interview with Elaine R. Mardis, PhD, discussing the clinical applications of genomic research on the near horizon that will enable more personalized therapy for patients at earlier stages of breast cancer.


Lyndsay J. Willmott, MD

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Dr. Willmott on Expanding Genomic Testing in Ovarian Cancer

Lyndsay Willmott, MD, discusses the expanding role for genomic testing in ovarian cancer.