International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Names Research Award after Dr. Fred R. Hirsch
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) announced it is naming the Translational Research Lectureship Award after longtime member and former IASLC CEO, Fred R. Hirsch, MD, PhD, Executive Director of the Center for Thoracic Oncology and Associate Director of Biomarker Discovery at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai and the Joe Lowe and Louis Price Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Renowned Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncologist Hired to Lead Clinical Cancer Research at Mount Sinai
February 19th 2020Karyn Aalami Goodman, MD, MS, an internationally recognized expert on gastrointestinal cancers, has joined the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as Associate Director for Clinical Research at The Tisch Cancer Institute. She is also Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Quality in the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Dr. Oh on Targeted Treatment in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
February 8th 2020William K. Oh, MD, chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, professor of medicine and urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, and deputy director of The Tisch Cancer Institute, discusses targeted treatment in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Talking Tumors: Filling Data Gaps in Multiple Myeloma
November 14th 2019We sat down with Ajai Chari, MD, and Sundar Jagannath, MD, both of Mount Sinai Hospital, to provide insight on controversial, but critical, questions regarding the merits of quadruplet versus triplet therapy in the newly diagnosed setting, the optimal maintenance approach in high-risk patients, and the data in support of and against initiating treatment in patients with smoldering multiple myeloma.