Oncology News Central Peer-Spectives

How to Choose CLL Treatments in the Frontline Setting

Danielle Brander, MD, talks with Robert Figlin, MD, about selecting frontline treatments for CLL and how she talks with patients about their treatment options. “What I think is unique about the last few years is we’ve seen multiple randomized trials in the frontline setting that have shown not only superior progression-free survival … but several of those randomized studies also showing improvement in overall survival versus chemoimmunotherapy,” Dr. Brander said. “I think it’s really important for us to be considering these novel treatment options.”

Rethinking HER2-Targeted Therapy After DESTINY-04

William Gradishar, MD, talks with Robert Figlin, MD, about breast cancer research highlights from the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, including results from DESTINY-Breast04 and new data on CDK4/6 inhibitors from the PALOMA-2 and MAINTAIN trials.

Most Patients with BRAF-mutant Metastatic Melanoma Benefit from First-line Immunotherapy

Michael B. Atkins, MD, talks with Robert A. Figlin, MD, about the importance of sequencing therapies for patients with BRAF-positive metastatic melanoma. Data from the DREAMSeq trial, which Dr Atkins updated at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, show a significant survival advantage at two years for patients who receive ipilimumab plus nivolumab prior to receiving a BRAF/MEK inhibitor. But not all patients fit that paradigm. Listen as Dr Atkins shares which patients he starts on immunotherapy and when he thinks is the best time for crossover to a targeted agent.

Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for NSCLC: Who to Treat and With What Agent

Listen in as Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, shares with Robert Figlin, MD, how he approaches treatment for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer after the ADAURA and CHECKMATE-816 trials. They discuss different factors that influence use of adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatments, including stage, EGFR mutation status, and PD-L1 status.

The Complex Decisions in CLL Treatment Today: Clarifying the Choices

Lori Leslie, MD, and Robert Figlin, MD, discuss the latest drugs and clinical trial data on CLL treatment. Dr. Leslie shares her strategy for sequencing agents, including various BTK inhibitors and venetoclax, and how she decides on treatment in patients whose disease progresses or are refractory.

DREAMseq Trial: What It Means for Metastatic Melanoma Treatment

Sapna Patel, MD, Associate Professor at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Robert Figlin, MD, Deputy Director at Cedars-Sinai Cancer, discuss the clinical implications of the DREAMseq trial, showing patients with BRAF-mutant metastatic melanoma live longer if they receive first-line ipilimumab plus nivolumab.

The Latest Thinking Regarding Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Renal Cell Carcinoma Post-ASCO GU ‘22

Rana McKay, MD, Allan Pantuck, MD, and Robert Figlin, MD, discuss the recent update to the Keynote-564 study investigating adjuvant pembrolizumab in RCC and the impact on high-, medium-, and low-risk patients.  They also talk about the Disease-Free Survival (DFS) endpoint, discussing the study with patients, and the recent NCCN guidelines update.

Post ASCO GU ’22 – Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer, EV-103, Enfortumab Vedotin, and the Clinical Progress Being Made Managing MIBC Patients

Daniel Petrylak, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Yale Cancer Center, and Robert Figlin, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Cancer discuss recent developments at ASCO GU in muscle-invasive bladder cancer and in particular the EV-103 clinical study while also discussing the future of MIBC treatment.

The HIMALAYA Study Presented at ASCO GI ’22: An Update on the State of Liver Cancer Treatment Today

Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD and Robert Figlin, MD, discuss the presentation of the HIMLAYA clinical study at ASCO GI ’22 and how this regimen may fit in the liver cancer treatment landscape

Frederick Locke, MD of Moffit Cancer Center and Robert Figlin, MD of Cedars-Sinai discuss ZUMA-7, the role of CAR-T in the management of relapsed/refr...

Frederick Locke, MD and Robert Figlin, MD discuss ZUMA-7 and when to start thinking about integrating CAR-T into B-cell lymphoma treatment algorithms, the role of BMT in these patients, and how recent data presented at ASH ’21 shows that CAR-T cell therapies can work well in relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma.