ASCO President-Elect Julie Vose, MD, MBA

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

Julie Vose, MD, MBA, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, reflects on the 2015 Annual Meeting and her year ahead as ASCO President.

Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP, and James O. Armitage, MD, on Biosimilars in Oncology

Charles L. Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, and James O. Armitage, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discuss the emerging and future benefits of biosimilars.

Supportive Care

Symptom Management

Palliative Care

Daniel A. Vorobiof, MD, and Bernardo Leon Rapoport, MD

Daniel A. Vorobiof, MD, and Bernardo Leon Rapoport, MD, on NK-1 Inhibitors for CINV: Potentially Practice-Changing Data

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).

Lung Cancer

David E. Gerber, MD, and James L. Mulshine, MD

David E. Gerber, MD, and James L. Mulshine, MD, on Bringing Genomic Discovery and Targeted Therapies to Early-Stage Lung Cancer

James L. Mulshine, MD, of Rush University Medical Center, and David E. Gerber, MD, of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, discuss the ALCHEMIST trial, an NCI initiative to address the role of molecular testing and targeted therapies for earlier-stage lung disease (Abstract TPS7583).

Skin Cancer

Andrew James Martin, PhD, and Anthony J. Olszanski, RPh, MD

Andrew James Martin, PhD, and Anthony J. Olszanski, RPh, MD, on Oral Nicotinamide to Reduce Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers

Andrew James Martin, PhD, of NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, and Anthony J. Olszanski, RPh, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discuss a form of vitamin B3 that reduced the incidence of new nonmelanoma skin cancers in high-risk patients (Abstract 9000).

CNS Cancers

Jan C. Buckner, MD

Jan C. Buckner, MD, on Whole-Brain Radiation and Radiosurgery in Patients With Brain Metastases

Jan C. Buckner, MD, of the Mayo Clinic discusses adjuvant whole-brain radiotherapy and the need for initial treatment with radiosurgery and close monitoring to preserve cognitive function in patients with brain metastases (Abstract LBA4).

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