Authors


Britt Erickson, MD

Latest:

Dr. Erickson on the Varying Safety Profiles of Select PARP Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer

Britt Erickson, MD, discusses the toxicity profiles of available PARP inhibitors used in the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer. 


Leslie M. Randall, MD, MAS

Latest:

Dr Randall on PROs With Pembrolizumab Plus Chemoradiotherapy in Cervical Cancer

Leslie M. Randall, MD, MAS, discusses patient-reported outcomes from the ENGOT-cx11/GOG 3047/KEYNOTE-A18 trial in locally advanced cervical cancer.


Shakeela Bahadur, MD

Latest:

Dr Bahadur on the Shift in Frontline CDK4/6 Inhibitor Selection in HR+/ HER2– Breast Cancer Breast Cancer

Shakeela Bahadur, MD, discusses how recent data have informed the selection of approved CDK4/6 inhibitors in the frontline setting for patients with metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.


Sajeve Samuel Thomas, MD

Latest:

Dr. Thomas on the Safety Profile of Lifileucel Plus Pembrolizumab in Advanced Melanoma

Sajeve Samuel Thomas, MD, discusses the safety profile of lifileucel plus pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma.


Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO

Latest:

The Future of Liver Function Assessments in HCC

Experts emphasize the importance of using multiple liver function assessments for more comprehensive patient evaluation in hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.


Christopher Su, MD, MPH

Latest:

5 Tips for a First-Year Fellow

Christopher Su, MD, MPH, highlights 5 tips for first-year oncology fellows.


Rachel Zeig-Owens, DRPH

Latest:

The Importance of Lung Cancer Screening in Individuals Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster

Investigators evaluated risk factor–based guidelines and risk model–based strategies for lung cancer screening in World Trade Center–exposed responders.


Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Davies on the Potential Utility of ERK Inhibitors in Melanoma

Michael A. Davies, MD, PhD, discusses the potential utility of ERK inhibitors in melanoma.


Vignesh Packiam, MD

Latest:

Dr. Packiam on Safety of Cabazitaxel/Gemcitabine Plus Pembrolizumab in Urothelial Carcinoma

Vignesh Packiam, MD, discusses the adverse effects associated with cabazitaxel and gemcitabine with pembrolizumab in patients who are unresponsive to docetaxel with non-muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma.


Siddartha Yadav, MD, FACP

Latest:

Contralateral Breast Cancer Treatment With Germline Mutation Carriers

Siddartha Yadav, MD, FACP, of Mayo Clinic, discusses personalizing treatment for patients with germline–mutant contralateral breast cancer.



Mark Leick, MD

Latest:

Dr Leick on Limitations Associated With CAR T-Cell Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies

Mark Leick, MD, discusses the challenges and limitations associated with the use of CAR T-cell therapy across hematologic malignancies, highlighting how ongoing research may potentially ameliorate present unmet needs.


Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, MD

Latest:

Dr Eisfeld on Timing of Molecular Testing and the Start of Treatment in AML

Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, MD, discusses factors to consider when deciding whether to start treatment right away or wait for molecular testing results in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.


Jennifer L. Atlas, MD

Latest:

Basal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Pearls

Drs Babakoohi and Atlas share clinical pearls for community oncologists on treating basal cell carcinoma.


Daniel W. Lin, MD

Latest:

Dr. Lin on the Limitations of Current Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer

Daniel W. Lin, MD, discusses the limitations of currently available biomarkers in prostate cancer.


Anirban P. Mitra, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr. Mitra on Nadofaragene Firadenovec Plus Anti–PD-1 Therapy in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC

Anirban P. Mitra, MD, PhD, discusses data from an assessment of PD-1 and PD-L1 status on transurethral resection specimens collected from patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer who received nadofaragene firadenovec as part of a phase 3 trial.


Cristiane Bergerot PhD, MS, BS

Latest:

Dr. Bergerot on Improved HRQoL With a Higher Starting Dose of Lenvatinib Plus Everolimus in RCC

Cristiane Bergerot PhD, MS, BS, discusses how a higher starting dose of lenvatinib, to be combined with everolimus, can improve health-related quality of life in patients with renal cell carcinoma, as demonstrated in a phase 2 open-label trial.


Nathan L. Avaritt, PhD

Latest:

Molecular Approaches May Increase Responsiveness to Immunotherapy for Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

The recent development of therapeutics which stimulate immune response to tumor cells has revolutionized the treatment landscape for cutaneous melanoma.


Shun Lu, MD, PhD

Latest:

EGFR+ Advanced NSCLC Resistant to Frontline TKIs: C797S Mutation

Expert perspectives on the management of C797S-mutated non–small cell lung cancer following failure of frontline TKIs.


Sandy Srinivas, MBBS, Stanford Cancer Center

Latest:

DNA Alterations and Selection of PARP Inhibitors in mCRPC

Expert perspectives on how DNA alterations may inform the selection and use of PARP inhibitors in metastatic CRPC.


David Miller, MD
David Miller, MD

Latest:

Dr Miller on the Efficacy of Selinexor in TP53 Wild-Type Endometrial Cancer

David S. Miller, MD, discusses the efficacy of selinexor in patients with advanced or recurrent TP53 wild-type endometrial cancer.


Dimitrios Nasioudis, MD

Latest:

Dr Nasioudis on the Use of SLNB in Metastatic Vulvar Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Dimitrios Nasioudis, MD, discusses outcomes of patients with metastatic vulvar squamous cell carcinoma who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy.


Amira Marouf, MD, PhD

Latest:

Dr Marouf on the Efficacy of PD-L1 Inhibition in R/R Extranodal NK/T-cell Lymphoma

Amira Marouf, MD, PhD student, discusses the efficacy of PD-L1 inhibitors in relapsed/refractory extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma.


Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Latest:

VIGH, VICC Establish Cancer Research Program in Zambia

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Zambia are partnering on a program to develop a cadre of researchers and educators to lead cancer epidemiology research and training in Zambia and to encourage U.S.-based researchers to engage in cancer research in low- and middle-income countries.


Eddy Saad, MD, MSc

Latest:

Dr Saad on the Potential Predictive Value of IL7 SNPs in RCC

Eddy Saad, MD, MSc, the potential predictive value of IL-7 SNPs to inform treatment decisions for select patients with renal cell carcinoma.


Annie Deck-Miller

Latest:

CAR T-Cell Therapy Proves Effective in First Trial in Patients with Resistant Multiple Myeloma

Study establishes rationale for combination approaches targeting multiple proteins — therapy produces responses in 70% of study participants, including those who who relapsed after prior CAR T therapy.


Joshua Linscott, MD

Latest:

Dr Linscott on the Use of Urinary Cell-free Tumor DNA to Predict MRD in High-Risk NMIBC

Joshua Linscott, MD, PhD, discusses the use of utDNA to predict MRD prior to repeat TURBT in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.


Marcin Dzienis, MD

Latest:

Dr. Dzienis on Use of Pembrolizumab with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel in HNSCC

Marcin Dzienis, MD, discusses the use of pembrolizumab with carboplatin and paclitaxel in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma .


Vikas Mehta, MD, MPH, FACS

Latest:

BRONx-CAN Program Aims to Deliver the Best Cancer Treatments Early

Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center hopes to begin combating systemic inequities and improve cancer outcomes for historically disadvantaged populations by taking a data-driven approach to delivering neoadjuvant therapy in communities that are economically and socially marginalized.


James K. McCloskey, MD

Latest:

The Role of Genetic Profiling in Secondary AML

James K. McCluskey, MD, and Harry P. Erba, MD, PhD, discuss the role of genomic profiling in secondary acute myeloid leukemia.