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In this week's episode, Dr. Danielle Shafer, Medical Director of the Clinical Trials Office at Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, explores the recent FDA approval of ivosidenib for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia. Dr. Shafer's primary clinical focus is leukemia & lymphoma in adult patients. Her research focus is limited to the same population,...

Dr. Shaheenah Dawood is the Head of Medical Oncology and the Head of the Breast Cancer Program at Dubai Hospital in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Dawood completed her M.B.B.Ch at Dubai Medical College in 1998 and a Master of Public Health degree at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA in 2008. Her postgraduate medical training programs include a Fellowship at McGill University in Canad...

This week's host, Dr. Thomas Karasic, is an assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies. In this episode, Dr. Karasic discusses the recent FDA approval of lenvantinib for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe for more weekly education content from ASCO University....

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe for more weekly education content from ASCO University. We truly value your feedback and suggestions, so please take a minute to leave a review. If you are an oncology professional and interested in contributing to the ASCO University Weekly Podcast, email ascou@asco.org for more information. TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the Self-Evaluation episode of t...

If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure to subscribe for more weekly education content from ASCO University. We truly value your feedback and suggestions, so please take a minute to leave a review. If you are an oncology professional and interested in contributing to the ASCO University Weekly Podcast, email ascou@asco.org for more information.  

TRANSCRIPT [MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to the ASCO Guidelines episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Alexander Drilon, and I'm the clinical director of the early drug development service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and editorial board member for ASCO University. Today, we feature an ASCO guideline published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The episode you are abou...

TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the Self-Evaluation episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Apar Kishor Ganti, and I'm the Associate Director for Clinical Research and the co-leader of the Thoracic Oncology Service at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Today, we feature a self-evaluation question on locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer....

TRANSCRIPT [MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to the ASCO Guidelines episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Alexander Drilon, and I'm the clinical director of the early drug development service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and editorial board member for ASCO University. Today we feature an ASCO guideline published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The episode you are about...

2018 Annual Meeting raised the curtain on a new session type: ASCO Voices. These noncompete session feature presentations no longer than 7 minutes each and bring a variety of perspectives to the stage to share stories on oncology, medicine, and the world. From big ideas to personal passions, ASCO Voices present stories that differ significantly from the remainder of session types available at Annu...

[MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to the self-evaluation episode of the ASCO University Weekly Podcast. My name is Teviah Sachs, and I am an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Boston University School of Medicine and Surgical Oncologist at Boston Medical Center. Today we will feature a self-evaluation question on the treatment of gastric cancer. And we begin by reading the question stem. A 53-year-old Hi...

[MUSIC PLAYING] Welcome to the ASCO Guidelines episode of the ASCO University Weekly Podcast. My name is Alexander Drilon, and I'm the Clinical Director of the Early Drug Development Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and editorial board member for ASCO University. Today, we feature an ASCO guideline published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The episode you are about to hear wa...

Welcome to the self-evaluation episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Shadia Jalal, and I am a thoracic oncologist at Indiana University. Today, we feature a self-evaluation question on the treatment of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer. And we begin by the question. A 58-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of cigarette smoking is found to have a spiculated 2.1-centimete...

Victoria Lai is a thoracic medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center with a clinical and research focus on small cell lung cancer and other pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors.  She conducts clinical trials that aim to elucidate the underlying biology of small cell lung cancer in order to develop new biomarkers and treatments options to improve patient outcomes.   TRANSCRIPT [MUSIC...

Shadia Jalal, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology at Indiana University School of Medicine discusses updated guideline for palliative care in the global setting. TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the ASCO Guidelines episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Alexander Drilon, and I am the clinical director of the Early Drug...

2018 Annual Meeting raised the curtain on a new session type: ASCO Voices. These noncompete session feature presentations no longer than 7 minutes each and bring a variety of perspectives to the stage to share stories on oncology, medicine, and the world. From big ideas to personal passions, ASCO Voices present stories that differ significantly from the remainder of session types available at Annu...

Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute presents a self-assessment question from an ASCO University course focusing on the treatment breast cancer.  AUDIO TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the self-evaluation episode of the ASCO University weekly podcast. My name is Rachel Friedman, and I'm a medical oncologist and clinical researcher in th...

Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health discusses identifying factors associated with prognosis and staging in a MALT lymphoma and how to identify factors predicting local failure following H Pylori eradication therapy. 

2018 Annual Meeting raised the curtain on a new session type: ASCO Voices. These noncompete session feature presentations no longer than 7 minutes each and bring a variety of perspectives to the stage to share stories on oncology, medicine, and the world. From big ideas to personal passions, ASCO Voices present stories that differ significantly from the remainder of session types available at Annu...

Dr. Jonathan Strosberg, section chief of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Division of the Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the recent FDA approval of Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate for the treatment of somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).

An interview with Dr. Paul Hesketh from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center on the antiemetics guideline update published in 2017. The guideline update expands the recommendations to include olanzapine and neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/supportive-care-guidelines

Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presents a self-assessment question from an ASCO University course focusing on the treatment breast cancer.   

Rami Manochakian, M.D., a thoracic clinical oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, presents information on the recently approved drug in oncology, durvalumab for patients with stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC) after the completion of radiation therapy.

Self-Evaluation: Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health, presents a self-assessment question from an ASCO University course focusing on, the appropriate first line therapy for newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.

An interview with Dr. Alison W. Loren of Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania on the ASCO guideline update which provides current recommendations about fertility preservation for adults and children with cancer. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/survivorship-guidelines