ASCO President-Elect Julie Vose, MD, MBA

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

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Claus Garbe, MD, of the University of Tuebingen, discusses the survival of sentinel lymph node biopsy–positive melanoma patients with and without complete lymph node dissection (Abstract LBA9002).

Supportive Care

Symptom Management

Palliative Care

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Daniel A. Vorobiof, MD, of the Sandton Oncology Centre, and Bernardo Leon Rapoport, MD, of The Medical Oncology Centre of Rosebank, discuss the first study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single dose of intravenous fosaprepitant. The use of this NK1 inhibitor and another (rolapitant) in a second study discussed may change the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and improve quality of life for patients (Abstracts 9629 and 9615).

Multiple Myeloma

Saad Usmani, MD

Saad Usmani, MD, on Daratumumab as Monotherapy for Multiple Myeloma

For a heavily pretreated multiple myeloma population, daratumumab as a monotherapy showed meaningful, durable activity with deep responses and a favorable safety profile. Saad Usmani, MD, of the Levine Cancer Institute, provides the highlights of this study on the first monoclonal antibody to show promise in multiple myeloma (Abstract LBA8512).

Lung Cancer

Palliative Care

Symptom Management

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, Discusses Anamorelin and Olanzapine for Palliative Care

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, of OhioHealth Kobacker House discusses the ROMANA 1 and 2 trials on cachexia in NSCLC and a study on olanzapine vs fosaprepitant for the prevention of nausea and vomiting (Abstracts 9500 and 9502).

Breast Cancer

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Maura N. Dickler, MD, and Clifford A. Hudis, MD, on Results From the CALGB Alliance Trial on Hormone Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer

Clifford A. Hudis, MD, and Maura N. Dickler, MD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discuss adding bevacizumab to letrozole as a first-line endocrine therapy for treatment of hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer (Abstract 501).

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