Sagar Lonial, MD, and James O. Armitage, MD, on Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: The ELOQUENT-2 Trial and a Phase II Study of Daratumumab
2015 ASCO Annual Meeting
James O. Armitage, MD, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Sagar Lonial, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine, discuss results from two important studies that tested lenalidomide/dexamethasone with or without elotuzumab and daratumumab monotherapy (Abstracts 8508 and LBA8512).
Anil D’Cruz, MD
Anil D’Cruz, MD, of Tata Memorial Hospital, discusses results from his study that seem to resolve a 50-year-long debate on performing elective neck dissection at the time of primary surgery––a potentially practice-changing finding (Abstract LBA3).
Areej El-Jawahri, MD, and Eric Roeland, MD, FAAHPM
Eric Roeland, MD, FAAHPM, of the University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, and Areej El-Jawahri, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital, discuss two important studies on early palliative care and the use of anamorelin in advanced NSCLC with cachexia.
Chloe Evelyn Atreya, MD, PhD, and Axel Grothey, MD
Chloe Evelyn Atreya, MD, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, talks with Axel Grothey, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, about new data on trametinib, dabrafenib, and panitumumab in patients with the BRAF V600E mutation and vemurafenib plus irinotecan and cetuximab in BRAF-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer (Abstracts 103 and 3511).
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).
Jan C. Buckner, MD
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).
