Authors


David Lee, BS

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Psycho-Oncology and the Relevance of a Biopsychosocial Screening Program

Routine biopsychosocial screening of a patient with metastatic renal cell cancer at the Centro de Câncer de Brasília improved symptom management and shrunk costs for both the patient and her caregivers.


Conor E. Steuer, MD

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Conor E. Steuer, MD, on Smoking Cessation Habits in Patients with Early-Stage NSCLC Enrolling on Clinical Trials

CancerNetwork® sat down with Conor E. Steuer, MD, to discuss a recently published prospective study which found a high rate of smoking reduction and cessation in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.



Matthew Allaway, DO

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Matthew Allaway, DO, Discusses Transperineal Biopsy Approach for Prostate Cancer

Matthew Allaway, DO, detailed benefits of using an emerging transperineal biopsy approach to identify prostate cancer in hard to access areas of a patient’s prostate.


Nicholas Lintel, MD

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Complete Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy and Oxaliplatin-Induced Fever Associated With IL-6 Release in a Patient With Locally Advanced Colon Cancer

This case presents a patient with locally advanced, unresectable, mismatch repair–deficient sigmoid colon cancer who was treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy followed by surgical resection leading to a complete pathologic response after preoperative systemic chemoimmunotherapy.


Sung Gwe Ahn, MD, PhD

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Ovarian Function Suppression May Benefit Select Breast Cancer Populations

Patients with HR-positive, HER2-positive breast cancer and high-risk features may derive benefit from ovarian function suppression plus endocrine therapy.





Matthew James Pianko, MD

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Advice for Clinicians Administering Bispecifics to Patients With R/R MM

Drs Costello and Pianko close their discussion by sharing advice for clinicians administering bispecifics to their patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.



Hannah Lee, MD, MS

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Second-Line Therapies in the Changing Landscape of First-Line Therapies for Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Cancer

In recent years, first-line therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) have shifted to a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors or a combination of antiangiogenesis tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and immunotherapy. This has led to a need to address standard-of-care treatment in the second-line setting.


Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC

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Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, Discusses Optimizing Treatment With PARP Inhibitors in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

PARP inhibitors like rucaparib should be considered to treat all kinds of patients, including those who have deleterious mutations and HRD, according to Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC.


Gevorg Tamamyan, MD, MSc, DSc

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Diagnosing and Treating Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm in a Resource-Limited Setting

A recent clinical quandary focused on the diagnosis and treatment of blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm in a resource-limited setting.



Ashwatha Narayana, MD

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Guidelines for Palliative Treatment of Spinal Metastases: Choosing Between Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Conventional Fractionation

ABSTRACT Symptomatic spinal metastasis is a frequent complication of cancer that had been treated, until relatively recently, with primitive techniques to modest radiation dose levels, with a baseline assumption of limited survival and poor patient performance in that setting. In the era of targeted and personalized therapies, many patients are living longer and more functionally and are able to manage their disease on the model of chronic illness. Given these developments, an attractive option is the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to deliver high biologically effective doses of radiation conformally to maximize the palliative gains of treatment. However, randomized data to guide practice are scarce. We review the extant literature and present an algorithmic approach to selecting patients with metastatic disease for palliative spinal SBRT favoring the results of available randomized studies and remaining within the safety constraints supported by evidence from randomized trials.


Bronson Riley, MS

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A 64-Year-Old Man With Germline BRCA2-Mutated Breast Cancer: Known and Unknown Aspects of Male Breast Cancer

This study presents a male breast cancer case with a germline BRCA2 mutation and discusses the epidemiologic, pathologic, and clinical characteristics along with treatment and follow-up recommendations in view of our recent understanding of the disease.



Kirsten Jorgensen, MD

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Minimally Invasive Surgery and Laparotomy Yield Similar OS in Ovarian Cancer

Minimally invasive surgery for interval debulking resulted in a lower mortality at the 30- and 90-day time points compared with laparotomy in advanced ovarian cancer.


Khaled W. Kabbara, MD

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Molecular Pathogenesis of Cholangiocarcinoma: Implications for Disease Classification and Therapy

Khaled W. Kabbara, MD, and colleagues, research treatment options for cholangiocarcinoma.


Grzegorz Ziółkowski, MD

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Extreme Case of Surgical Port Metastasis in Ovarian Cancer

We present the case of a 51-year-old woman with metastatic International FIGO stage IIIC ovarian cancer who had delayed her therapy after initial laparoscopy due to COVID-19 infection and presented with an extreme case of surgical port metastasis.




Kristin A. Higgins, MD

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Radiotherapy for Oligometastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Past, Present, and Future

McCall and Higgins examine local ablative therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC and implications for future treatment of the disease.



Moshe Ornstein, MD, MA

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Best Treatment Selection in Clear-Cell RCC

Medical experts describe the decision-making process between choosing an IO-IO vs an IO-TKI regimen for first-line treatment, considering factors such as safety profile and response in both community and academic settings.


Usama Gergis, MD, MBA

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Potential Solutions to Disparities in Stem Cell Transplant for Blood Cancer

Resolving disparities within the blood cancer space is a matter of “access to excellent healthcare,” according to Usama Gergis, MD, MBA.


Yi Lin, MD, PhD

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Future Perspectives on CAR T-Cell Therapy in Relapsed/Refractory MM

The panel concludes its discussion with key takeaways on the evolving role of CAR T-cell therapy in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.