- 4 minutes 36 secondsShould Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Who Respond to Chemo Receive Consolidation Radiotherapy?
Dr. Nasser Hanna outlines the possible benefits of consolidation chest radiation for small cell lung cancer patients who respond well to chemotherapy.
31 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 1 minute 55 secondsManagement of Rare Kidney Tumors
What puts you at risk for inherited kidney cancer? Dr. Nizar Tannir discusses the signs doctors look for to determine if a kidney cancer patient should be screened for a familial syndrome.
29 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 5 minutes 28 secondsShould All Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receive Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation?
The doctors discuss the circumstances under which small cell lung cancer patients should receive prophylactic cranial irradiation.
27 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 2 minutes 3 secondsNanoString Treatment for Kidney Cancer
NanoString Technology may help doctors learn what is driving tumor growth in kidney cancer patients and, therefore, determine what treatments may be most effective for them.
24 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 2 minutes 27 secondsIs Necitumumab An Effective Antibody Against EGFR for Patients with Squamous Lung Cancer?
Dr. Nasser Hanna discusses the SQUIRE trial of the EGFR antibody Necitumumab in patients with squamous lung cancer. Though it achieved a statistical increase in OS, he does not consider it clinically relevant.
22 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 4 minutes 40 secondsHow is the Heng Criteria Applied to Kidney Cancer Patients?
Dr. Daniel Heng is the namesake of the Heng Criteria, which evaluates various factors of kidney cancer patients to determine their prognoses.
20 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 7 minutes 28 secondsAngiogenesis, the Sequel: Does Cyramza (Ramucirumab) Make a Difference for Second Line Treatment?
The REVEL trial studied 1,200 non-small cell lung cancer patients to see if the drug Cyramza (ramucirumab) improved overall surival. The doctors had mixed feelings about the results.
17 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 3 minutes 15 secondsWhat is PD1 and PDL1 in Kidney Cancer?
Dr. Lauren Harshman explains what PD1 (an immune T-cell) and PDL1 (a protein on the PD1 T-cell) are and how new drugs impact them to fight kidney cancer.
15 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 7 minutes 22 secondsZykadia for ALK Positive Lung Cancer: New Drug, New Hope
The doctors discuss the new FDA-approved drug for ALK positive lung cancer patients, Zykadia (ceritinib), including the dosage level, potential side effects and the ability of Zykadia to impact brain metastases.
13 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 5 minutes 41 secondsNo Clear Answer for Non-Clear Cell Kidney Cancer
Drugs in early stage clinical trials seem to show benefit for non-clear cell kidney cancer, but more trials must take place and patients are desperately needed to enroll in them.
10 July 2014, 7:00 pm - 3 minutes 52 secondsWhat Went Wrong? The Failure of MetMab with Tarceva in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
"Dead negative," is how Dr. Nasser Hanna describes results of a phase 3 study that examined how patients with high MET expression did on the drug MetMab (onartuzumab).
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