Christopher J. Sweeney, MBBS, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reviews important presentations on testicular cancer, including dose intensification for first-line therapy of metastatic disease, and what physicians need to know about the molecular genetics of testicular cancer.
Hans-Joerg Hammers, MD, PhD, of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, summarizes this keynote lecture on kidney cancer, which included discussion of the current role of PD-1 monotherapy and future PD-1 combination therapies for renal cell carcinoma.
Paul L. Nguyen, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses this phase III trial in which prostate cancer patients were given antiandrogen therapy with bicalutamide during and after salvage radiation therapy following radical prostatectomy and an elevated PSA (Abstract 3).
Christopher Brian Allard, MD, of Brigham & Women's Hospital, reports on results of the Physicians’ Health Study, which showed that regular aspirin use decreased the risk of lethal prostate cancer in a cohort of American doctors (Abstract 306).
Srikala S. Sridhar, MD, of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, summarizes important papers presented on bladder and urothelial cancers, including perspectives on immunotherapies and radiotherapies.
Fred Saad, MD, of the University of Montreal, summarizes in French his session on the latest treatment developments in prostate cancer, including the role of chemotherapy in hormone-sensitive disease.
