Authors


Matthew Krebs, MB, PhD

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Matthew Krebs, MB, PhD, Reviews the Next Steps for Subcutaneous Amivantamab in Solid Tumors

Matthew Krebs, MB, PhD, spoke about how subcutaneous amivantamab can best be utilized in future clinical trials.


John T. Lafin, PhD

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Management of Testicular Germ Cell Tumor With Somatic-Type Malignancy

In this installment of Clinical Quandaries, Bendu Konneh, BS, and colleagues present a case of a 21-year-old male with a 4-month history of progressive swelling in the right testicle.



Judy C. Boughey, MD

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Lumpectomy Yields Clinically ‘Acceptably Low’ Recurrence Rates in Breast Cancer Subtype

Judy C. Boughey, MD, of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota details the efficacy of breast-conserving surgery in patients with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer.


Esther Drill, DrPH

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Real-World Assessment of Patient Care and Practice Efficiency With the Introduction of Subcutaneous Rituximab

Rituximab-subcutaneously is associated with significantly reduced chair time vs rituximab-intravenously in a US oncology setting. Widespread adoption would be expected to improve practice efficiency and patient access to care, and to reduce health care resource burden.


Farzad Fereidouni, PhD

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Optimizing Surgery With New AI Technologies in Breast and Ovarian Cancer

“Frozen section is destructive. It ruins the tissue, it consumes the tissue, and it affects downstream molecular analysis,” according to Farzad Fereidouni, PhD.


Suzanne Fanning, DO

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Future Directions in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma

Drs Richter and Fanning discuss next steps and future directions in the management of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.


Addison Taylor, MD, PhD

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Unusual Initial Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma as a Clavicular Head Mass

Rohit Gupta, MD, et al review a case study of a 70-year-old man who presented with a head mass, and the final diagnosis was hepatocellular carcinoma.



Annel Urena, RN, BSN

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Educating Patients and Caregivers on Infection Risks of Anti-BCMA Bispecific Antibodies in MM Treatment

The panel discusses how to educate patients and caregivers on infections risks when receiving an anti-BCMA bispecific antibody.


Zachary D. Epstein-Peterson, MD

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Oncology Peer Review On-The-Go: Current Treatments in Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

Robert Stuver, MD, and Zachary D. Epstein-Peterson, MD, spoke with CancerNetwork® about a review article on the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma published in the journal ONCOLOGY®.


Yan Lin, PhD

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Minimal Residual Disease–Directed Adjuvant Therapy for Patients With Early-Stage Colon Cancer: CIRCULATE-US

Ibrahim Halil Sahin, MD, and colleagues, explore, the CIRCULATE-US (NRG-GI008; NCT05174169) investigating postoperative ctDNA dynamics in early-stage colon cancer for treatment selection.



Nathan Denlinger, DO, MS

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CAR T in High-Risk DLBCL: Making the Right Choice in Aggressive Disease

Panelists discuss how, when selecting a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) product for a patient with an aggressive clinical course and eligibility for cellular therapy, key considerations include urgency, toxicity risks, and efficacy. Factors such as time to manufacture, cytokine release syndrome/immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome rates, long-term remission data, and antigen specificity guide decision-making.


Cheng Ean Chee, MD

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Circulating Tumor DNA as a Predictive Biomarker for Clinical Outcomes With Margetuximab and Pembrolizumab in Pretreated HER2-Positive Gastric/ Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma

Daniel V. T. Catenacci, MD, and colleagues present findings from a study of circulating tumor DNA as a predictive biomarker for gastric and gastroesophageal cancer.



Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP

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Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP, on Key Considerations for Belantamab Mafodotin Administration in Multiple Myeloma

A clinical pharmacy specialist discusses what’s needed to get the REMS program set up and touches on reimbursement considerations for the administration of belantamab mafodotin in patients with multiple myeloma.




Soe Min Tun, MD, MBA, MSc

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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.


Nisha Joseph, MD

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Key Takeaways in CAR-T Therapy for Multiple Myeloma

Panelists discuss a clinical scenario involving a 56-year-old male man with myeloma and del 17p deletion, treated with RVD induction, auto transplant, and lenalidomide maintenance, who relapsed after 2 years and is now referred to discuss chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) CAR-T versus vs standard therapy, sharing key takeaways and pearls from the case.


Evgenia Isachenko, PhD

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Emergency Fertility Preservation in a Young Woman With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

A nulliparous woman, age 25 years, had received a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and now presented with stage IIA diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Due to potential risks of chemotherapy-induced gonadotoxicity and subsequent iatrogenic premature ovarian failure and fertility loss, the patient was referred to the reproductive medicine department for fertility preservation counseling and further management.


Yılmaz Tezcan, MD

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Spinal ATRT and Radiotherapy Case Report in an Adult Man

A rare case of spinal atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor is presented in an adult man after presenting with neck pain and bilateral upper extremity paralysis.


Annel Urena, RN

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Clinical Pearls on CRS and ICANS Management in Multiple Myeloma

Moderator Ajai Chari, MD, leads the panel in sharing clinical pearls for management of CRS and ICANS in multiple myeloma before closing out the final module.



Darlene Dobkowski, MA

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Data Show Inconsistent Biomarker Testing in Gastric/GEJ Cancer Care

Findings highlight the challenge of evolving logistics for testing and related decision-making in the treatment of those with gastric or GEJ cancers.



Arliene Ravelo, MPH

Latest:

Real-World Assessment of Patient Care and Practice Efficiency With the Introduction of Subcutaneous Rituximab

Rituximab-subcutaneously is associated with significantly reduced chair time vs rituximab-intravenously in a US oncology setting. Widespread adoption would be expected to improve practice efficiency and patient access to care, and to reduce health care resource burden.



Ashley Chan

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Luveltamab Tazevibulin Elicits Response in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer, Low/Medium FRα Expression

The REFRαME-O1 trial improved response in patients with FRα–positive platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, including those with low to medium expression when given luveltamab tazevibulin.