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Immunotherapy and You: Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gynecologic Cancers
November 30th 2022In this sixth episode of OncChats: Immunotherapy and You, John Nakayama, MD, and Ali Amjad, MD, highlight the success seen with checkpoint inhibitors in gynecologic cancers, biomarkers of interest, and recent approvals in the space.
Immunotherapy and You: Understanding the PD-L1 Blockade
November 23rd 2022In this fifth episode of OncChats: Immunotherapy and You, John Nakayama, MD, and Ali Amjad, MD, discuss PD-1 blockade, potential biomarkers of response to treatment with immunotherapy, and the potential for these agents in the neoadjuvant setting.
PARP Maintenance Therapy Provides Varying Benefit in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
The benefit of PARP maintenance therapy for patients with advanced ovarian cancer differs depending on a number of factors, including the homologous recombination and BRCA mutation status of the tumor.
Immunotherapy and You: Gynecologic Treatment Efficacy From a Patient’s Perspective
November 2nd 2022In this second episode of OncChats: Immunotherapy and You, John Nakayama, MD, and Ali Amjad, MD, discuss the safety and efficacy of immunotherapy vs standard chemotherapy in patients with gynecologic cancers.
Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care: Key Takeaways
September 7th 2022In this fifth episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, share key takeaways from their discussion on how to best individualize care for patients with ovarian cancer.
Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care: Excitement Surrounding PARP Inhibition
August 31st 2022In this fourth episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss key developments made with PARP inhibitors in the ovarian cancer treatment paradigm.
Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care: Somatic Vs Germline Testing
August 24th 2022In this third episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, explain the differences between germline and somatic testing in patients with ovarian cancer.
Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care: Counseling Those with BRCA Mutations
August 17th 2022In this second episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss how to counsel patients with ovarian cancer whose tumors harbor BRCA mutations.
Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care: Effect of BRCA on Treatment
August 10th 2022In this first episode of OncChats: Taking Action to Individualize Ovarian Cancer Care, John Nakayama, MD, and Christopher Morse, MD, discuss how BRCA mutational status affects treatment decisions for patients with ovarian cancer.
Dr. Weksler on Addressing Disparities in Lung Cancer Care Delivery
March 26th 2022Benny Weksler, MD, MBA, FACS, FACCP, discusses efforts being made at Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute to address disparities in the delivery of care and its impact on the screening and treatment of lung cancer.
Accredited Program Makes Young Man’s CRC a Distant Memory
January 18th 2022Trevor Batey was enjoying the first years of marriage and his work as a truck driver when cancer put the brakes on his life. He was in his early 20s when he saw blood in his stool, had a colonoscopy, and was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Real-Time Tumor Targeting: Police Officer First to Have New Radiotherapy Technology
January 14th 2022A 59-year-old police officer with prostate cancer was treated with the Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a breakthrough innovation that simultaneously generates magnetic resonance images and delivers radiation directly to the tumors.