Expert Interviews

Experts from the Moffit Cancer Center work to identify frail patients with transplant-ineligible NDMM and consider how best to select first-line therapy for this population.

Nurse Practitioner Kiah Purcell and Registered Nurse Annel Urena explain their role in the diagnosis and education of a patient with multiple myeloma.

Ajai Chari, MD, provides a quick overview of multiple myeloma and patient Anne-Marie Jacob shares the story of her diagnosis.

Closing out their review of treatment strategies for HR+ metastatic breast cancer, a panel of experts highlights ongoing investigations and future directions in care.

Expert panelists consider the appropriate use of PARP and immune checkpoint inhibitors, respectively, in the setting of HR+ metastatic breast cancer.

Expert panelists discuss recent data updates from the DETERMINATION, GRIFFIN, and MASTER studies.

Opening their discussion on transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), expert panelists review induction regimen options for patients.

The emergence of using hypofractionated radiation treatments—fewer radiation treatments at larger doses—across cancer types may place financial strain on radiation oncologists, but one expert notes there’s still continued success.

Switching their focus to transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma, panelists review available triplet therapy regimens for induction therapy.

A brief discussion how to select the appropriate treatment strategy in transplant-eligible newly diagnosed myeloma and whether there is a role for minimal residual disease in assessing response and treatment duration.

Combining bispecific antibodies with other agents such as R-CHOP and R-CHP for various subtypes of lymphoma has the potential to produce exciting results, according to an expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Early study results show that an artificial intelligence model may help oncologists better stratify patients with prostate cancer into risk groups than existing methods, according to an expert.

Adding radiation to sorafenib elicited a survival improvement in a group of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer.

Closing out their review of the HER2+ metastatic breast cancer treatment landscape, expert oncologists look forward to future evolutions in the paradigm.

The use of circulating tumor DNA in patients with advanced colorectal cancer may provide early insight into who is and is not responding to treatment, according to an expert from Weill Cornell Medicine.

Panelists center their discussion on the challenges inherent in managing leptomeningeal metastases in patients with HER2+ breast cancer.

The panel explains the factors they consider when deciding on a BTK inhibitor for the treatment of patients with CLL.

An expert oncologist evaluates the effect of combination trials of bispecific antibodies on the multiple myeloma treatment landscape.

Drs Susan O’Brien and Catherine Coombs describe the design and outcomes of the ELEVATE-RR and ALPINE trials that compare BTK inhibitors in CLL.

An overview of recent data on selinexor, carfilzomib, and dexamethasone in triple-class refractory multiple myeloma, and treatment options to replace belantamab.