Dr. Adams on Whether Prior Lines of Therapy Impact Response to Immunotherapy in TNBC
September 13th 2018Sylvia Adams, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, director, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer Disease Management Group, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses whether the number of prior lines of therapy impact response to immunotherapy in patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Dr. Balar Discusses Study of Immunotherapy Combination in Bladder Cancer
September 6th 2018Arjun V. Balar, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses a study of an immunotherapy combination in bladder cancer.
Dr. Simone Discusses the Precision Promise Trial in Pancreatic Cancer
May 23rd 2018Diane Simeone, MD, director, Pancreatic Cancer Center, associate director, Translational Research, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the Precision Promise trial for patients with metastastic pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Balar on Impact of Durvalumab Plus Tremelimumab in Bladder Cancer
May 10th 2018Arjun V. Balar, MD, assistant professor, Department of Medicine, director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the impact of the combination of durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus tremelimumab in metastatic bladder cancer.
Dr. Simeone on the Importance of Mutational Analysis in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
May 5th 2018Diane Simeone, MD, director, Pancreatic Cancer Center, associate director, Translational Research, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the importance of mutational analysis in the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Weber on the FDA Approval of Adjuvant Dabrafenib/Trametinib in BRAF-Mutant Melanoma
May 1st 2018Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, co-director of the Melanoma Research Program, deputy director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, and a 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses the FDA approval of dabrafenib (Tafinlar) plus trametinib (Mekinist) as an adjuvant treatment for patients with BRAF V600E– or V600K–positive stage III melanoma following complete resection.
Dr. Weber on Side Effects of Dabrafenib/Trametinib in Melanoma
March 19th 2018Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, deputy director and co-director of the Melanoma Program at the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, 2016 Giant of Cancer Care® in Melanoma, discusses the side effect profile of dabrafenib (Tafinlar) and trametinib (Mekinist) for patients with melanoma.
Dr. Huang on the Widespread Adoption of Robotic Surgery for Bladder Surgery
February 7th 2018William C. Huang, MD, associate professor, department of Urology, co-director, Robotics Program, Chief Urology Service, Tisch Hospital, NYU Langone Health, discusses misconceptions regarding robotic-assisted bladder surgery.
Dr. Weber on Growing Costs With Triplet and Four-Drug Regimens in Melanoma
January 17th 2018Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, deputy director, co-director of the Melanoma Research Program, NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses the clinical potential and monetary hindrances of triplet and four-drug regimens for patients with melanoma.
Dr. Wilson on Choosing Between BRAF/MEK Therapies for Patients With Melanoma
August 16th 2017Melissa A. Wilson, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses how physicians select between the 2 BRAF/MEK inhibitor combination regimens for their patients with melanoma.
NYU Langone Research Leads to Accelerated Approval of Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy Drug
Findings from a clinical trial led by a researcher at NYU Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center helped pave the way for the recent, accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration of a highly effective immunotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced bladder cancer who are not eligible for treatment with standard chemotherapy.
Dr. Gandhi on Sequencing and Emerging Agents in ALK+ NSCLC
April 19th 2017Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology Program at NYU Langone School of Medicine, discusses sequencing challenges as well as emerging agents in the field of ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).