OncLive TV

Davendra Sohal, MD, MPH, discusses the SWOG S1505 trial, which looks at initial findings on eligibility and neoadjuvant chemotherapy experience with mFOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel for resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Paul Richardson, MD, clinical program leader, director of clinical research, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, RJ Corman Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the FDA approval of selinexor in multiple myeloma.

Timothy M. Kuzel, MD, FACP, discusses the use of immunotherapy as a targeted approach to treating cancer.

David Polsky, MD, PhD, discusses using circulating tumor DNA kinetics as a biomarker to predict survival and monitor disease activity in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Mihaela C. Cristea, MD, associate clinical professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope, discusses investigational maintenance strategies in advanced ovarian cancer.

Thomas E. Stinchcombe, MD, professor of medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the differences in toxicity profiles between brigatinib (Alunbrig) and alectinib (Alecensa) in ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Christopher Lieu, MD, director, GI Medical Oncology Program and deputy associate director for clinical research, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses investigational immunotherapy strategies in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Cornelis M. van Tilburg, MD, PhD, pediatric oncologist, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg, discusses the activity of larotrectinib (Vitrakvi) in patients with TRK fusion–positive cancers who have brain metastases or primary central nervous system tumors.

Kleber Y. Fertrin, MD, PhD, assistant professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses the FDA approval of avatrombopag in immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).

Enrico Tiacci, MD, discusses safety and efficacy results of a trial evaluating the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib combined with rituximab in hairy cell leukemia.

Inga T. Lennes, MD, MBA, MPH, medical director, Ambulatory Services, director of clinical quality, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discusses aspects of lung cancer screening.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, assistant member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, assistant professor, Medical Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, and attending physician, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses challenges with CAR T-cell therapy.

Atish D. Choudhury, MD, PhD, co-director of the Prostate Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the use of targeted therapy in prostate cancer.

Martin E. Gutierrez, MD, discusses the biomarker-directed precision oncology of pembrolizumab-based combination therapy in the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

OncLive interviewed experts at the State of the Science Summits in June 2019 on research being conducted at their respective institutions.

Pei-Chun McGregor, MD, cardio-oncologist and director of Ambulatory Cardiology at VA Boston Healthcare System, instructor in medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses the hope for the phase IIb PRONOUNCE trial in prostate cancer.

Alison Rager Sehgal, MD, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, discusses the structure and manufacturing process of CAR T cells.

Ezzat Elhassadi, MD, consultant hematologist, Hematology Services, University Hospital Waterford, discusses p53 expression and prognosis in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

Paul K. Paik, MD, discussed using tepotinib—a highly selective, ATP-competitive, reversible, potent MET TKI—to treat patients with non–small cell lung cancer with MET exon 14 skipping mutations.

Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP, discussed the role of general practitioners in maintaining the health of their patients with cancer and how to better diagnosis select types of head and neck cancer.

Neal E. Ready, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, member, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses emerging treatment approaches in small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

David J. Einstein, MD, instructor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, attending physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses treatment approaches for patients with early evidence of oligometastatic prostate cancer.

Howard Hochster, MD, FACP, discusses results from the SWOG S1513 study, which examined the use of second-line modified FOLFIRI with PARP inhibitor ABT-888 (Veliparib) versus solely FOLFIRI in metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Bijal Shah, MD, discusses the results of the phase I/II ZUMA-3 study, which looked at using KTE-X19, an anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, to treat patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Michael Wang, MD, professor in the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the pace of progress in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

Justin F. Gainor, MD, director of Targeted Immunotherapy, Massachusetts General Hospital, assistant professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the phase III PACIFIC-2 trial in stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Richard (Rick) JaeBong Lee, MD, PhD, medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses the role of darolutamide in nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0CRPC).

David S. Hong, MD, deputy director of the Department of investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the mechanism of action of tisotumab vedotin (HuMax-TF-ADC) in patients with cervical cancer.

S. Lindsey Davis, MD, an assistant professor of medicine and gastrointestinal medical oncologist at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, discusses caveats of the phase III KEYNOTE-062 trial findings in gastric and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.

Ahmed Galal, MD, instructor, Department of Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the management of adverse events (AEs) associated with CAR T-cell therapy.