Medical oncology can be a very demanding and taxing field.
Sia Daneshmand MD, discusses preliminary results from the phase 2 SunRISe-1 trial (NCT04640623) in patients with non–muscle invasive bladder cancer unresponsive to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.
Siavash Jabbari, MD, discusses the potential for implantable cardiac devices to malfunction following radiation therapy.
Sibel Blau, MD, medical oncology provider, medical director, Hematology/Oncology, Northwest Medical Specialties, discusses a value-based care model for oncology at the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) National Oncology Conference.
Sibylle Loibl, MD, PhD, co-chair of the German Breast Group (GBG) and associate professor at the University of Frankfurt, discusses the GeparSepto trial in subgroups of patients with breast cancer.
Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD, a senior fellow at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, discusses biomarkers beyond PD-L1 being explored in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
BRAF mutation testing has become an essential tool in the diagnostic workup and management of patients with advanced melanoma. Activating mutations of BRAF are present in 40% to 60% of all melanoma cases, with more than 90% of mutations found at codon 600 in exon 15.
Pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab and chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by 20% in patients with advanced, unresectable, or metastatic HER2+ gastric or GEJ cancer.
Silvia Chiara Formenti, MD, chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell, associate director, Meyer Cancer Center, radiation oncologist-in-chief, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the recent progress with HER2-targeted therapy in the treatment of breast cancer.
Silvia Formenti, MD, chair of Radiation Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College and radiation oncologist-in-chief at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital, discusses combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Silvia Novello, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Thoracic Oncology Unit, University of Turin, San Luigi Hospital, Orbassano, Italy, discusses some of the "gray areas" that require more research for the treatment of patients with lung cancer.
Simon Abi Aad, MD, discusses caring for patients during Hurricane Irma.
Simon Chowdhury, MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, consultant medical oncologist specializing in urological cancer, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, United Kingdom, discusses what roles pazopanib (Votrient) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) have as monotherapy for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Simon Chowdhury, MD, consultant medical oncologist specializing in urological cancer, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, United Kingdom, discusses the combination of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and pazopanib (Votrient) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Simon Chowdhury, PhD, MA, MBBS, MRCP, consultant medical oncologist specializing in urological cancer, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, United Kingdom, discusses sequencing of immunotherapy regimens for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Simon J. Harrison, MBBS, PhD, discusses the impact subcutaneous formulations of daratumumab and isatuximab could have in multiple myeloma.
Simon Rule, MD, professor of hematology, University of Plymouth, discusses the next steps for ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and other BTK inhibitors in the treatment landscape of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Simon Rule, MD, PhD, professor of hematology, Plymouth University Medical School, United Kingdom, discusses the FDA approval of zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California, explains a clinical trial analyzing genetic susceptibility to anthracycline-related congestive heart failure in survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Smitha Krishnamurthi, MD, a medical oncologist and associate professor of medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University, discusses a prospective phase II study of capecitabine and temozolomide (CAPTEM) for progressive, moderately, and well-differentiated metastatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Sneha Phadke, DO, MPH, discusses the benefit associated with treatment consisting of the antibody drug conjugates sacituzumab govitecan in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.
Snehal Bhoola, MD, assistant professor, Mercer University School of Medicine, associate professor, University of Arizona, Arizona Oncology, discusses enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) in gynecologic malignancies.
Solange Peters, MD, PhD, discusses biomarkers that may inform treatment decision-making prior to immunotherapy use in non–small cell lung cancer.