
Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses a survey she conducted for physicians on the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with limited small cell lung cancer.

Your AI-Trained Oncology Knowledge Connection!


Laurie E. Gaspar, MD, professor, Radiation Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, discusses a survey she conducted for physicians on the use of prophylactic cranial irradiation for patients with limited small cell lung cancer.

Meena Savur Moran, MD, radiation oncologist, professor, Therapeutic Radiology, director, Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses some of the techniques that oncologists can use to decrease the toxicities associated with radiation therapy when treating patients with breast cancer.

Oliver Zill, data scientist, Guardant Health, discusses the somatic genomic landscape of over 15,000 patients with advanced-stage cancer from clinical next-generation sequencing analysis of circulating tumor DNA.

Janice Mehnert, MD, medical oncologist, director, Phase I and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discussing promising biomarkers for patients to receive immunotherapy across tumor types.

Heather A. Wakelee, MD, associate professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, regent, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) discusses updated efficacy findings from the BIRCH trial, which was a phase II study of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for patients with PD-L1–selected advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Wakelee discussed these findings during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.

Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, CEO, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), discusses the value of PD-L1 assays for patients with non–small cell lung cancer. Hirsch shared his during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.

Brigid Killelea, MD, MPH, FACS, associate professor of surgery (oncology), Yale Cancer Center, discusses the potential of nipple-sparing mastectomy for women who undergo surgery for breast cancer.

Harvey I. Pass, MD, director, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Oncology, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses what it means to take a personalized approach to surgery in lung cancer.

Anees B. Chagpar, MD, associate professor of Surgery (Oncology), director of The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, Yale Cancer Center, explains some of the most discussed topics in breast cancer. Chagpar was recently the chair at the State of the Science Summit on Breast Cancer held Sept. 15.

, assistant professor of urology and population health at New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, discusses screening determinations for prostate cancer.

David R. Gandara, MD, director, Thoracic Oncology Program, professor, senior advisor to director, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, treasurer, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), discusses the Lung Master Protocol (Lung-MAP) Trial and how it is an example of a rational clinical design that will impact patient care. Gandara shared this insight during an interview at the 2016 IASLC Multidisciplinary Symposium on Thoracic Oncology.


Matthew B. Yurgelun, MD, Targeted Oncology, Yurgelun, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses a recent study which uncovered BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations as possible risk markers for colorectal cancer.

Yvonne Saenger, MD, director of Melanoma Immunotherapy at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses ongoing research related to immunotherapy in the field of melanoma. Sanger shared this insight during an interview with OncLive during the recent Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Cancer Immunotherapy 101 meeting in New York City.

Malini Harigopal, MD, associate professor of Pathology, interim director of Breast Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the advancements in the pathology of breast cancer.


Tara Sanft, MD, assistant professor of medicine, medical director of adult survivorship for the Yale Cancer Center Survivorship Clinic, discuses advancements in HER2-positive breast cancer.

James R. Jett, MD, professor of Medicine Emeritus, National Jewish Health, discusses the most frequent debates surrounding molecular testing for patients with lung cancer.

Erin Wysong Hofstatter, MD, associate professor, co-director, Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the important factors for identifying potentially high-risk patients in breast cancer.

Barbara Burtness, MD, professor of Medicine, Yale Cancer Center, discusses some of the ongoing trials currently examining the use of immunotherapy to treat patients with head and neck cancer.

Philip B. Paty, MD, surgeon, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the high-risk period for rectal tumor regrowth in patients.


Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses regorafenib and TAS-102. In colorectal cancer.

Karen Kelly, MD, associate director for Clinical Research, Jennifer Rene Harmon Tegley and Elizabeth Erica Harmon Endowed Chair in Cancer Clinical Research, professor of Medicine, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health System, discusses the toxicity profile of the therapies used in the CheckMate-227 trial.

Richard S. Finn, MD, associate professor of Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses both recent advances in the treatment of patients with liver cancer, as well as the future role that immunotherapy stands to have in this field.

Lajos Pustzai, MD, DPhil, professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), chief of Breast Medical Oncology, co-director, Yale Cancer Center Genetics, Genomics and Epigenetics Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses how treatment for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer has evolved.

Conor Lynch, PhD, an associate professor of Tumor Biology at Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the biology of bone metastases in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Luke Nordquist, MD, a urologic medical oncologist and CEO of the Urology Cancer Center and GU Research Network, discusses a prospective study looking at the impact of an additional 6 doses of radium-223 dichloride in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with bone metastases.

Jessica Frakes, MD, assistant member, Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses some of the late toxicities seen in patients with HPV-positive oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma.

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer.