Christopher J. Sweeney, MBBS: Testicular Cancer Update
2016 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
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
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.
Matthew Smith, MD, PhD
Matthew Smith, MD, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discusses the best use of approved therapies for tumors that have spread to the bone.
Paul L. Nguyen, MD
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).
Maha Hussain, MD
Maha Hussain, MD, of the University of Michigan, gives her expert perspective on changes in the treatment of hormone-naive disease.
A. Oliver Sartor, MD
A. Oliver Sartor, MD, of Tulane Cancer Center, discusses this study investigating circulating tumor cell characteristics to predict resistance to androgen deprivation therapies in patients with advanced prostate cancer (Abstract 163).