ASCO Guidelines

Dr. Dwight Owen presents the first update to the ASCO living guideline on stage IV NSCLC without driver alterations. He reviews the new evidence identified by the panel along with the updated recommendation regarding the role of bevacizumab in pemetrexed maintenance therapy. Dr. Owen also discusses exciting trials the panel is looking forward to seeing results of to drive future updates to the liv...

Dr. Emrullah Yilmaz reviews the latest evidence and recommendations for health care providers on biomarker testing and immunotherapy for head and neck cancers. He discusses the ASCO Expert Panel's recommendations for biomarkers for the selection of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma for anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Additionally, he reviews recommended treatment o...

Dr. Judith Paice and Dr. Eduardo Bruera discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations from ASCO on the use of opioids in managing cancer-related pain. They review the safe and effective use of opioids, including when clinicians should offer opioids, which opioids should be offered, how opioids should be initiated and titrated, management of opioid-related adverse events, modifying opioid use f...

An interview with Dr. Van Morris from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX and Dr. Cathy Eng from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, TN, co-chairs on "Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Guideline." Dr. Morris and Dr. Eng review the evidence-based recommendations from the guideline, focusing on areas of uncertainty in the treatment of metastatic c...

An interview with Dr. William Tew from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, lead author on "Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors in the Management of Ovarian Cancer: ASCO Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Tew reviews changes to the recommendations for PARPi therapy for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, and the outstanding questions in the field. For more infor...

An interview with Dr. Surendra Shastri from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and Dr. Jose Jeronimo from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, co-chairs on "Secondary Prevention of Cervical Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline Update." Dr. Shastri and Dr. Jeronimo review the updated recommendations in the guideline, covering screening, triage, managem...

An interview with Dr. Rohan Garje from Miami Cancer Institute in Miami, FL, lead author on "Systemic Therapy Update on 177Lutetium-PSMA-617 for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: ASCO Rapid Recommendation." Dr. Garje reviews the new evidence and the latest recommendation update for the use of 177Lu-PSMA-617, a radioligand therapy in patients with PSMA-positive mCRPC, along with it's...

An interview with Dr. Jun Mao from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, lead author on "Integrative Medicine for Pain Management in Oncology: SIO-ASCO Guideline." Dr. Mao reviews the recommendations on integrative approaches, such as acupuncture, yoga, reflexology, massage, guided imagery with progressive muscle relaxation, hypnosis, and music therapy for managing pain in patien...

An interview with Dr. Beverly Moy from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, lead author on "Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy for HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer That is Either Endocrine-Pretreated or Hormone Receptor-Negative: ASCO Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Moy reviews data from the recently published DESTINY-Breast04 study, and the ASCO Expert Panel's updated re...

An interview with Dr. Ishmael Jaiyesimi from Beaumont Health Royal Oak and Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Royal Oak, MI, and Dr. Andrew Robinson from Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, authors on "Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations: ASCO Living Guideline." Dr. Jaiyesimi and Dr. Robinson review the lat...

An interview with Dr. Ishmael Jaiyesimi from Beaumont Health Royal Oak and Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Royal Oak, MI, and Dr. Andrew Robinson from Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, authors on "Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Driver Alterations: ASCO Living Guideline." Dr. Jaiyesimi and Dr. Robinson review the latest...

An interview with Dr. Lynn Henry from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, lead author on "Biomarkers for Systemic Therapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update." Dr. Henry reviews new biomarkers for the purposes of making treatment decisions for triple-negative breast cancer, and hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, as well as tumor agnostic tumor biomarker...

An interview with Dr. Tian Zhang from UT Southwester Medical Center in Dallas, TX, author on "Management of Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: ASCO Guideline." Dr. Zhang reviews the guideline recommendations for the treatment and management of patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma and it's implications for clinicians and patients. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org...

An interview with Dr. Pauline Funchain from Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH, author on "Systemic Therapy for Melanoma: ASCO Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Funchain reviews recent evidence and updated recommendations from the ASCO Expert Panel for the use of tebentafusp in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. For more information, visit www.asco.org/melanoma-guidelines .   TRANSC...

An interview with Dr. Sharon Giordano from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, and Dr. Nancy Davidson from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, co-chairs on "Systemic Therapy for Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update." This guideline updates recommendations on systemic therapies for advanced HER2...

An interview with Dr. Naren Ramakrishna from Orlando Health Cancer Institute in Orlando, FL, and Dr. Carey Anders from Duke University in Durham, NC, co-chairs on "Management of Advanced Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Positive Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases: ASCO Guideline Update." This guideline reviews evidence in both the local therapy management and systemic therapy management fo...

An interview with Dr. Jennifer Ligibel from Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA and Dr. Catherine Alfano from Northwell Health Cancer Institute and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York, NY, co-chairs on "Exercise, Diet and Weight Management During Cancer Treatment: ASCO Guideline." This guideline addresses recommendations for exercise, diet, and weight management for adult...

An interview with Dr. David Schiff from the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA, Dr. Michael Vogelbaum from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, and Dr. Vinai Gondi from Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville and Proton Center in Warrenville, IL, authors on "Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline Endorsement of the A...

An interview with Dr. Fabrice André from Institute Gustave Roussy in Paris, France, and Dr. Komal Jhaveri from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, authors on "Biomarkers for Adjuvant Endocrine and Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update." This updated guideline provides precise guidelines on previously endorsed genomic assays and recommendations on the...

An interview with Dr. Lisa Carey from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, NC, panel member on "Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Pembrolizumab in the Treatment of High-risk, Early-stage Triple Negative Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Carey discusses the updated recommendation on the use of pembrolizumab for patien...

An interview with Dr. Linus Chuang from Danbury Hospital and Norwalk Hospital, Nuvance Health in Connecticut and New York, co-chair on "Management and Care of Patients with Invasive Cervical Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Chuang discusses the updated recommendation on the use of pembrolizumab in patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervic...

An interview with Dr. Andrea Eisen from Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre and Ontario Health in Toronto, Ontario, co-chair on "Use of Adjuvant Bisphosphonates and Other Bone-Modifying Agents in Breast Cancer: ASCO-OH (CCO) Guideline Update." This guideline updates recommendations for which patients with primary breast cancer should be treated with bone-modifying agents, and which bisphosphonates are...

An interview with Dr. Funda Meric-Bernstam and Dr. Amber Johnson from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and Dr. Mark Robson and Dr. Debyani Chakravarty from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, authors on "Somatic Genomic Testing in Patients with Metastatic or Advanced Cancer: ASCO Provisional Clinical Opinion." They discuss the key state...

An interview with Dr. Mark Kris from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, author on "Adjuvant Systemic Therapy and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Stage I to IIIA Completely Resected NSCLC: ASCO Guideline Rapid Recommendation Update." Dr. Kris discusses the results and impact of two recently published RCTs, and the updated recommendations on the use of osimertinib and atezolizuma...

An interview with Dr. Nancy Baxter from the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia, and Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA, co-chairs on "Adjuvant Therapy for Stage II Colon Cancer: ASCO Guideline Update." This guideline updates recommendations for adjuvant therapy for patients with resected stage II colon cancer. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org...