Archive: December 2021
Melanoma in Focus
Update on Adjuvant Therapy in Late-Stage Resected Melanoma
H&O Which patients with melanoma are candidates for adjuvant therapy? AT Systemic adjuvant therapy that targets residual micrometastatic disease—which is the source of future melanoma relapse […]
Drug Development
Refining Dosing Strategies: Lessons From Singapore’s Health Care System
H&O Could you provide an overview of the health care system in Singapore? BCG The health care system in Singapore is centered on 2 basic tenets. […]
Gastrointestinal Cancer
Evolving Standards of Care for Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy in Esophageal, Gastroesophageal Junction, and Gastric Cancer
Abstract: Multimodality therapy, which can include systemic therapy, radiation therapy, and surgery, is the preferred approach for most localized, clinical T2 to T4, and/or node-positive esophageal, […]
Advances in LLM
Umbralisib and Ublituximab: An Upcoming Regimen for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
H&O What types of drugs are umbralisib and ublituximab? JG Umbralisib (Ukoniq, TG Therapeutics) is a phosphoinositide 3 (PI3) kinase delta inhibitor. Umbralisib is approved for […]
Colorectal Cancer
The Emergence of Targetable Pathways in Colorectal Cancer
Abstract: Colorectal cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality globally. Despite an overall decreasing incidence of the disease, early-onset […]
Prostate Cancer
Combination Therapy With Radium-223 and Enzalutamide in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
H&O What question was your recent study in The Oncologist designed to answer? BLM We recently published the final results of our phase 2 study, which […]
Breast Cancer
The Use of Immunotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
H&O Which patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) are eligible for immunotherapy? PS We generally use immunotherapy in TNBC for 2 indications. One indication is the […]
Letter From the Editor
Letter From the Editor: Nursing Help Wanted
Shortfalls in staffing are hurting many sectors of our economy, but health care seems to be taking a particularly hard hit. Nurses have been in short […]