Caroline Robert, MD, PhD, of Gustave Roussy, characterizes complete responses in patients with advanced melanoma who received the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab, or nivolumab or ipilimumab alone (Abstract 1213O).
Cora N. Sternberg, MD, of the San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, summarizes a session on the STAMPEDE and LATITUDE trials, as well as a third trial on docetaxel with androgen suppression for localized prostate cancer patients who relapsed after radical prostatectomy and/or radiotherapy (Abstracts LBA31, 783O, 784O).
Bernard J. Escudier, MD, of Gustave Roussy, discusses efficacy and safety of nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs sunitinib for treatment-naïve advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, including IMDC risk and PD-L1 expression subgroups (Abstract LBA5).
Michèle Beau-Faller, MD, PhD, of the Hôpital de Hautepierre & Institut Régional du Cancer, discusses study results on ultrasensitive detection of EGFR T790M mutation by droplet digital PCR in TKI naïve non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation (Abstract 85PD).
David A. Tuveson, MD, PhD, of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, discusses the most lethal of cancers. Although treatments are improving, the challenges are great, including early detection of this malignancy, which metastasizes early in its development.
Andrew R. Clamp, PhD, of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, discusses his phase III study findings on dose-dense chemotherapy integration in first-line treatment of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal carcinoma (Abstract 929O).
