ASCO Guidelines

An interview with Dr. Sharon Giordano from MD Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Michael Hassett from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on "Management of Male Breast Cancer: ASCO Guideline". This guideline provides recommendations concerning the management of male breast cancer; addressing five main areas where treatment for men differs from the approach used for women with breast cancer: adjuvant endocrin...

An interview with Dr. Nasser Hanna from Indiana University Simon Cancer Center and Dr. Gregory Masters from Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and Research Institute on "Therapy for Stage IV Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Without Driver Alterations: ASCO and OH (CCO) Joint Guideline Update." This guideline provides recommendations on systemic therapy treatment options for patients with stage IV non-small-c...

An interview with Dr. Philip Saylor from Massachusetts General Hospital on "Bone Health and Bone-Targeted Therapies for Prostate Cancer: ASCO Endorsement of a Cancer Care Ontario Guideline." This guideline includes recommendations for management of osteoporotic fracture risk in nonmetastatic disease and interventions for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer metastatic to bone. Read the fu...

An interview with Dr. Christina Annunziata from the National Cancer Institute on "Germline and Somatic Tumor Testing in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: ASCO Guideline". This guideline provides recommendations for women diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer and their families on which individuals should receive risk evaluation, counseling, and genomic testing, and when they should be tested. Read the...

An interview with Dr. Edouard Trabulsi from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University on "Optimum Imaging Strategies for Advanced Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline." This guideline outlines techniques available and provides recommendations on appropriate use of imaging for specified patient subgroups. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/genitourinary-cancer-guidelines . TR...

An interview with Dr. Kimberly Allison from Stanford University School of Medicine and Dr. Antonio Wolff from Johns Hopkins University on "Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer Guideline: ASCO/CAP Guideline Update." This guideline updates key recommendations of the American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists estrogen and progesterone receptor testin...

An interview with Dr. Scott Eggener of University of Chicago Medicine on "Molecular Biomarkers in Localized Prostate Cancer: ASCO Guideline." This guideline provides recommendations for available tissue-based prostate cancer biomarkers geared toward patient selection for active surveillance, identification of clinically significant disease, choice of postprostatectomy adjuvant versus salvage radio...

An interview with Dr. Melissa Dillmon on the Patient-Centered Standards for Medically Integrated Dispensing: ASCO/NCODA Standards. The interview covers the findings of the systematic review, which were consistent with the NCODA patient-centered standards for patient relationships and education, adherence, safety, collection of data, documentation and other areas. NCODA standards were adopted and u...

An interview with Dr. Charles Shapiro from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and Dr. Joan Neuner from Medical College of Wisconsin, co-chairs of "Management of Osteoporosis in Survivors of Adult Cancers with Nonmetastatic Disease: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline." This guideline includes recommendations on assessing risk factors and interventions, including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic optio...

An interview with Dr. Kala Visvanathan from Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on the guideline update. This update adds anastrozole to the options of pharmacologic interventions for breast cancer risk reduction based on recent practice changing data. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/breast-cancer-guidelines .  TRANSCRIPT Hi. My na...

An interview with Dr. Anna Falanga on "Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients with Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update." The guideline revises several previous recommendations. Most notably, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been added as options for VTE prophylaxis and treatment. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/supportive-care-guidelines Find all of...

An interview with Dr. Noam Yarom, Dr. Charles Shapiro, Dr. Deborah Saunders and Dr. Doug Peterson on "Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: MASCC/ISOO/ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline." This guideline addresses the prevention and management of MRONJ in patients with cancer. This guideline is intended for oncologists and other physicians, dentists, dental specialists, oncology nurses, clinic...

An interview with Dr. Lynn Henry from University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute on "Role of Patient and Disease Factors in Adjuvant Systemic Therapy Decision-Making for Early-Stage, Operable Breast Cancer: Update of the ASCO Endorsement of CCO Guideline." This guideline update includes data from the MINDACT and TAILORx trials to clarify the recommendations for   patients with hormone receptor-p...

An interview with Dr. AloK Khorana from Cleveland Clinic on "Potentially Curable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update." This guideline update adds another treatment regimen to the options for patients with resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma who did not receive preoperative therapy.  Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/gastrointestinal-cancer-guidelines   See all o...

An interview with Dr. Fabrice Andre from Institute Gustave Roussy, Paris Sud University, in Paris, France on "Use of Biomarkers to Guide Decisions on Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Integration of Results from TAILORx." This update provides updated recommendations on chemoendocrine therapy for patients who present with a ho...

An interview with Dr. David Adelstein of the Cleveland Clinic on the ASCO PCO which provides statements on the role of treatment deintensification in the management of p16+ oropharyngeal cancer. Read the full PCO at www.asco.org/head-neck-cancer-guidelines The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care, and is not intended for use in...

An intervew with Dr. Nancy Baxter on "Duration of Oxaliplatin-Containing Adjuvant Therapy for Stage III Colon Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline." The guideline makes recommendations based on the results of the IDEA collaboration. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/gastrointestinal-cancer-guidelines The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for pr...

An interview with Dr. Alejandro Lazo-Langner on Management of Cancer-associated Anemia with Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents: ASCO/ASH Clinical Practice Guideline Update which provides recommendations on ESAs (and biosimilars) for patients with chemotherapy-associated anemia in the noncurative setting. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professio...

An interview with Dr. Joe Mikhael from the City of Hope Cancer Center and International Myeloma Foundation on the ASCO and CCO joint clinical practice guideline. The guideline makes recommendations for patients who are transplantation eligible and ineligible with relapsed or refractory disease. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medic...

An interview with Dr. Susan Chang from the University of California San Francisco on the ASCO and SNO Endorsement of the CNS Guidelines. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/neurooncology-guidelines The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care, and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. G...

An interview with Dr. Rachna Shroff from the University of Arizona Cancer Center on the guideline which provides recommendations on the role of post-operative therapy in patients who undergo surgical resection for biliary tract cancers. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/gastrointestinal-cancer-guidelines The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for pr...

An interview with Dr. Shlomo Koyfman of the Cleveland Clinic on "Management of the Neck in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline" which provides recommendations on topics such as neck dissections and postoperative treatment. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is no...

An interview with Dr. Manish Shah from New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center on the ASCO Resource Stratified Guideline which covers treatment of patients with early-stage colorectal cancer. To read the full guideline go to www.asco.org/resource-stratified-guidelines The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is n...

An interview with Dr. Marcia Cruz-Correa from the University of Puerto Rico and MD Anderson Cancer Center on the ASCO Resource Stratified Guideline on early detection for colorectal cancer. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this...

An interview with Dr. Paul Celano from the Greater Baltimore Medical Center on the recently published ASCO Standards on safe handling of hazardous drugs. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions,...