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Blogs from the 2014 ASCO Street Team

The Growing Need for Specific Care of Geriatric Cancer Patients

June 21, 2014
  • Elizabeth Kessler, MD

Throughout the geriatric sessions we were continually reminded of our aging population, the fact that cancer is a disease of the aging, and of the mismatch in this increasing number of patients and the number of geriatric providers entering the workforce. General oncologists will need to understand the nuances of caring for older patients with cancer.

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Using Pharmacokinetics to Optimize Older Chemotherapeutic Agents

June 21, 2014
  • Christine M. Walko, PharmD, BCOP

The landscape of cancer therapy is shifting from traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy towards targeted therapy with agents like tyrosine kinase inhibitors and monoclonal antibodies. However, these newer agents remain costly, and traditional chemotherapy remains the backbone for treating most malignancies.

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Molecular Testing in 2014: Where We Are

June 13, 2014
  • Juneko Grilley-Olson, MD

Several factors affect physicians’ choice of genomic tests, including availability, speed, and cost. Traditionally allelotyping have been used, since they are fast and sensitive, even though they are not comprehensive.

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Considering the Cost of Cancer Care in Treatment Decisions

June 11, 2014
  • Amy Soni, MD

Words like value, quality, and even cost flowed freely at the ASCO Annual Meeting this year. Along with great excitement about the latest and greatest ways to understand tumor biology and treat cancer patients, there is an increasing recognition that we need to consider whether the things we do are worth it.

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Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Hormone-Responsive Breast Cancer: What Is the Optimal Therapy?

June 10, 2014
  • Eleonora Teplinsky, MD

The breast cancer treatment landscape is changing, and the optimal adjuvant endocrine therapy for premenopausal women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer is uncertain.

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Inflammation: The Missing Link

June 6, 2014
  • Noam A. VanderWalde, MD

At the ASCO/AACR Joint Session on Inflammatory Cells and Cancer, Dr. Andrew Dannenberg from Weill Cornell Medical College, gave a fascinating lecture titled “Stromal Inflammation and Solid Tumors.”

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Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers: Reviewed Abstracts in Basal Cell and Merkel Cell Carcinoma

June 5, 2014
  • Sarah Weiss, MD

Multiple abstracts on melanoma and skin cancer were reviewed at the ASCO Annual Meeting, with a focus on new treatment approaches in non-melanoma skin cancers, particularly basal cell carcinoma and Merkel cell carcinoma.

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How Will This Change Your Management? Ethical Questions Posed by Tumor Genomic Profiling

June 3, 2014
  • Sarah Weiss, MD

When treating patients, we often ask ourselves how the results of the tests we order will potentially change our management of the patient, or change the way we think about our patient’s disease, or offer information that will enhance our treatment approach.

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The Presidential Address: Setting Intentions

June 3, 2014
  • Eleonora Teplinsky, MD

In his address, Dr. Clifford Hudis proposed the following solutions for achieving social justice in cancer care: creating more private and public resources, addressing disparities in cancer risk and in access to high-quality care, defining “value” in cancer care, and harnessing the new power of information technology.

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Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer: Point/Counterpoint

June 3, 2014
  • Aaron Falchook, MD

With cancer care costs rising rapidly there is increased pressure to search for value in how we care for our patients.

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