Videos
Dr. Valérie Vilgrain discusses SIRT Y-90 and the results of the SARAH trial.
The WCGIC chairperson, professor Eric Van Cutsem, MD, PhD, heads the Division of Digestive Oncology at University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. He describes the difference between left- and right-sided colon cancers in terms of prognosis and response to therapy.
Dr Thomas Bachelot is careful to set reasonable expectations for his patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer regarding how long their treatment will last and how it will impact them.
Hope Rugo, MD, discusses common presenting symptoms of HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, citing bone metastasis as the most prevalent.
Dr Sanjiv Agarwala describes best practices developed at St. Luke’s Cancer Center, where a committee has been formed in which clinicians and pathologists meet to reach consensus on reflex testing of molecular biomarkers, as well as the value of biomarker testing in enhancing patient care.
Dr Sanjiv Agarwala argues that much of the biomarker data in melanoma presented at ASCO 2018 are around the value of PD-L1 testing; however, even PD-L1–negative melanoma patients seem to respond to anti–PD-1 therapy, although some studies suggest PD-L1–negative patients may be better candidates for combination immunotherapy.
Dr David Spigel discusses challenges and solutions to incorporating cancer biomarkers into patient care, including finding pathology resources to do the testing, issues around reimbursement, and educating colleagues on the value and operational aspects of biomarker testing in delivering personalized therapy to patients with cancer.
