Elizabeth R. Plimack, MD, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses highlights of three important abstracts on advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting. (Abstracts 4501, 4503, 106)
Bernard J. Escudier, MD, of Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, and Sumanta K. Pal, MD, of City of Hope, discuss phase III study findings on adjuvant sunitinib used to treat high-risk renal cell carcinoma, which validate the 16-gene Recurrence Score in patients with stage III disease. (Abstract 4508)
David I. Quinn, MBBS, PhD, of the University of Southern California, gives his expert perspective on the planned survival analysis from a phase III open-label study of pembrolizumab vs paclitaxel, docetaxel, or vinflunine in recurrent, advanced urothelial cancer. (Abstract 4501)
Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD, of the University Paris-Sud, discusses study findings on androgen-deprivation therapy with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone or placebos in newly diagnosed high-risk metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer. (Abstract LBA3)
Nicholas D. James, MBBS, PhD, of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, discusses study findings on adding abiraterone for men with high-risk prostate cancer starting long-term androgen-deprivation therapy (Abstract LBA5003).
David H. Henry, MD, of Pennsylvania Oncology Hematology Associates, and Ruben A. Mesa, MD, of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, discuss phase III study findings on momelotinib vs ruxolitinib in JAK inhibitor–naive patients with myelofibrosis. (Abstract 7000)
