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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.
Dr. Oh on Results of Chemotherapy Versus ARTA in Prostate Cancer
February 17th 2017William Oh, MD, professor, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses the results from a trial that compared second-line chemotherapy to alternative androgen receptor-targeted agents (ARTA) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Dr. Apolo on Study of Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Urothelial Carcinoma
February 17th 2017Andrea B. Apolo, MD, chief of bladder cancer section, National Cancer Institute, discusses the phase I study of cabozantinib (Cabometyx) plus nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with refractory metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) and other genitourinary tumors.
Circulating Tumor DNA Can Advance Personalized Care in mCRPC
February 14th 2017Up to 94% of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer have circulating tumor DNA with at least 1 genetic alteration, suggesting ctDNA could be a noninvasive alternative to traditional tumor biopsies and help personalize treatment in this setting.
Durable Responders Emerge Even After Stopping Their PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy for Kidney Cancer
February 14th 2017Some patients who had to stop their PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy because of an immune-related adverse event proved to be sustained responders, even after being off the therapy for more than 6 months.
Dr. Mariette on a Study of Postoperative Mortality After Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Surgery
January 25th 2017Christophe Mariette, MD, PhD, surgical oncologist, professor of Surgery, University Hospital of Lille, discusses the results of a study investigating postoperative mortality after patients undergo surgery for esophageal and gastric cancer.
Ramucirumab Beneficial in Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancers Regardless of Age
Patients in all age groups derived a survival benefit from treatment of advanced gastric or gastroesophageal juncture cancer with the monoclonal antibody ramucirumab, an analysis of 2 randomized trials showed.
Progression Type in HCC Influences Survival Duration
Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma had a worse survival following progression if they developed new extrahepatic lesions as opposed to other types of progression, supporting the concept of post-progression survival and the influence of different patterns of progression, according to an analysis of the phase III RESORCE trial.
Dr. Chau on Ramucirumab Plus Pembrolizumab for Gastric/GEJ Cancer
Ian Chau, MD, consultant medical oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital, discusses interim safety and clinical activity results in patients with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma from a multi-cohort phase I study of ramucirumab plus pembrolizumab.
Dr. Finn on the Promise of Regorafenib for the Treatment of HCC
January 21st 2017Richard Finn, MD, associate professor of medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the promise of regorafenib (Stivarga) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as seen in the phase III RESORCE trial.
Trastuzumab Beyond Progression Shows Promise in HER2+ Gastric Cancers
Results from a retrospective multicenter study suggest that continuing trastuzumab beyond progression may improve survival in patients with HER2-positive advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who progress on first-line trastuzumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy.
Dr. Overman Discusses Updated Findings of CheckMate-142 in Patients With MSI-H mCRC
January 20th 2017Michael J. Overman, MD, medical oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses updated results from the CheckMate 142 trial, which investigated nivolumab (Opdivo) alone or in combination with ipilimumab (Yervoy) in patients with DNA mismatch repair deficient/microsatellite instability high (MSI-H) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).
Dr. Burris on Updated MONALEESA-2 Trial Results for HR+ Breast Cancer
December 10th 2016Howard A. "Skip" Burris, MD, president of Clinical Operations and chief medical officer at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses updated findings from the MONALEESA-2 trial, which explored first-line treatment with ribociclib plus letrozole in patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
Dr. Tolaney on Pembrolizumab Plus Eribulin in TNBC
December 10th 2016Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, associate director, Clinical Research, Breast Oncology, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers, senior physician, instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses a phase Ib/II trial exploring eribulin mesylate (Halaven) in combination with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
IBM's Watson Achieves High Concordance in Tumor Board Test
The artificial intelligence computer program Watson for Oncology (WFO) achieved a high degree of concordance with tumor board recommendations in a double-blinded validation study in Bengaluru, India, according to results presented at the 2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
