Saad Usmani, MD, on Daratumumab as Monotherapy for Multiple Myeloma
2015 ASCO Annual Meeting
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).
James H. Doroshow, MD
James H. Doroshow, MD, of the National Cancer Institute, describes a new precision medicine initiative called the MATCH trial: Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice. In 2,400 NCI clinical trial sites, 3,000 patients will be screened and their tumors analyzed to determine whether they contain genetic abnormalities for which a targeted drug exists.
Gregory T. Armstrong, MD, MSCE, and Lisa Diller, MD
Lisa Diller, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Gregory T. Armstrong, MD, MSCE, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, discuss the findings of a landmark survivorship study (Abstract LBA2).
Nicholas David James, MD, PhD, and Celestia S. Higano, MD
Celestia S. Higano, MD, of the University of Washington, and Nicholas David James, MD, PhD, of Warwick Medical School, discuss data showing improvements in survival from adding docetaxel in men starting long-term hormone therapy for the first time (Abstract 5001).
Tony Mok, MD, and James O. Armitage, MD
James O. Armitage, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Tony Mok, MD, of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, discuss oncology from an international point of view.
Ruben A. Mesa, MD, and James O. Armitage, MD
James O. Armitage, MD, of The University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Ruben A. Mesa, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, discuss pacritinib and its significant efficacy in myelofibrosis (Abstract LBA7006).