Videos

In this video, Steven I. Sherman, MD, discusses the final overall survival analysis of the EXAM study, a randomized, placebo-controlled phase III trial of cabozantinib in medullary thyroid carcinoma patients.

In this video, Dr. El-Khoueiry discusses results from a phase I/II study that suggest the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab is safe and effective in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

In this video, Dr. Atsushi Ohtsu discusses the use of TAS-102, an oral combination of trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride, in refractory colorectal cancer.

In this video, Dr. Tap discusses a randomized phase Ib/II trial that found that adding olaratumab to doxorubicin dramatically improved survival in patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcoma.

In this video, Dr. Martin discusses the phase III ONTRAC study, which found that the use of nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, reduced the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers by 23% among a group of high-risk patients.

In this video, Dr. Dix, discusses the results of two phase III trials that showed that in children with high-risk Wilms tumor, treatment with vincristine and dactinomycin plus the addition of doxorubicin improved outcomes.

In this video, Dr. Nicholas David James discusses the results of the STAMPEDE trial, which tested front-line docetaxel combined with hormonal therapy in patients with advanced, hormone-naive prostate cancer.

In this video, Dung T. Le, MD, discusses a phase II study that found that mismatch repair–deficient colorectal tumors were highly responsive to checkpoint blockade with the anti–PD-1 drug pembrolizumab.

In this video we discuss the results of the PALOMA3 trial, which tested fulvestrant and palbociclib in metastatic, hormone receptor–positive HER2-negative breast cancer.

In this video we discuss the results of the NSABP B-35 trial of anastrozole vs tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with DCIS who had undergone lumpectomy plus radiation therapy.

This video examines a phase III trial of ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab in patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

This video examines a phase III study that tested the addition of docetaxel and prednisone to standard therapy as adjuvant treatment for men with high-risk localized prostate cancer.

In this interview Dr. Armitage discusses his early career and what led him to specialize in the treatment of lymphoma, and shares his thoughts on the future of cancer treatment.

In this interview we discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health disparities, as well as the challenges the law will present for physicians.

Josh Kremer, MD, vice president of clinical development at Eisai, Inc, discusses results of the phase III SELECT trial, which studied lenvatinib in radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.

In this video, Dr. Sledge discusses what the negative results of the ALTTO trial mean for women with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Dr. Morris discusses results and implications of the CHAARTED trial, which studied the survival impact of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) plus docetaxel vs ADT alone for hormone-sensitive newly metastatic prostate cancer.

Dr. Katz describes how he uses social media to learn more about patient perceptions of cancer, how to decide which social media to use, and drawbacks to using social media in a professional capacity.

In this interview, Dr. Hyman Muss discusses some of the barriers to providing high-quality care to geriatric cancer patients, including the barriers to diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Aisner discusses some of the key ways oncologists can work better with pathologists at their institutions.

Dr. Pagani, who presented data on the joint analysis of the IBCSG TEXT and SOFT trials at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting, discusses how breast cancer patients in these trials responded to different methods of ovarian suppression.

Dr. Atkins offers his perspective on the “race” between the top two anti-PD1 drugs (Merck’s MK-3475 and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s nivolumab), and weighs in on where a new agent, pidilizumab, fits into the picture.

In this Stump the Professor video, two fellows test Dr. Marshall's diagnostic skills with a unique case study involving an 80-year-old patient who presents with abdominal pain, bilateral edema, weight loss, and dark, tarry stools.

Blase Polite, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and the track leader for the GI Colorectal Scientific Program Committee at ASCO, discusses the latest research in the field of colorectal cancer.

David Ryan, MD, discusses his debate with Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD, from the ASCO session “Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy and Cytoreductive Surgery in Colon Cancer” and how in his view this type of treatment, as presented to the patient, creates a certain dynamic between the surgeon and medical oncologist, one of hope vs reality.

Don Dizon, MD, Brown University, discusses the paradigm shift in the treatment of endometrial cancer with the use of medical therapy, including chemotherapy with biologics, mTOR inhibitors combined with chemotherapy, and targeted therapies.

Dr. Ramaswamy Govindan, Washington U at St. Louis, discusses patient screening, new research in targeted therapies, as well as the continued role of traditional chemotherapy in lung cancer.

Dr. Antoni Ribas, UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and a presenter at this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, discusses the impact of 2 new drugs- ipilimumab (Yervoy) and vemurafenib (Zelboraf)-for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.

Steve Joffe, MD discusses the ethical challenges and controversies in phase I clinical cancer trials.

Nancy Dawson, MD, discusses PSA dynamics: the significance of PSA levels and PSA doubling time-the marker which currently provides the most information-and their usefulness in predicting metastatic disease and in counseling patients on their prognosis.