Archive: June 2016
Kidney Cancer
Clinical Use of Checkpoint Inhibition in Kidney Cancer
Based on a presentation by Hans J. Hammers, MD, PhD, at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium A “plethora of agents” to inhibit programmed death 1 (PD-1) […]
Feature Article
Resistance Exercise Training in Patients With Genitourinary Cancers to Mitigate Treatment-Related Skeletal Muscle Loss
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Oliver K. Glass, PhD, Sundhar Ramalingam, MD, and Michael R. Harrison, MD Dr Glass […]
Feature Article
Challenges of Conducting Clinical Trials of Natural Products to Combat Cancer
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Channing J. Paller, MD, Samuel R. Denmeade, MD, and Michael A. Carducci, MD The […]
Breast Cancer
Checkpoint Inhibitors in Breast Cancer: Hype or Promise?
Heather L. McArthur, MD, MPH
H&O Could you provide a brief overview of immunotherapy? HM The concept of immunotherapy is not a new one. In fact, back in the 1890s, a […]
Advances in LLM
Personalized Treatment for Patients With Myelofibrosis
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Tapan M. Kadia, MD Associate Professor The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center […]
HCC In Focus
Surveillance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Catherine Frenette, MD Medical Director of Liver Transplantation Scripps Center for Organ Transplantation La […]
Melanoma
What Is Optimal First-Line Treatment of Unresectable or Advanced BRAF-Mutant Melanoma?
Michael B. Atkins, MD
H&O How common are BRAF mutations in patients with melanoma? MA Approximately 50% of patients with melanoma have a V600E or V600K mutation in BRAF, each […]
Drug Development
Manipulating the Microbiome to Improve the Efficacy of Immunotherapy
Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD
H&O What is known about the role of the gut microbiome in cancer? TG Research into the intersection between the commensal microbiota and cancer is just […]
Hem/Onc News
Hem/Onc News
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Devon Schuyler Users of Dietary Supplements More Likely to Skip Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer […]
Letter From the Editor
Letter From the Editor: When Breath Becomes Air
Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2016 Bruce D. Cheson, MD For my most recent book club meeting, I brought not […]