Phyllis McKiernan on Blood and Marrow Transplants and Targeted Therapies
January 19th 2016Phyllis McKiernan, MSN, APN, OCN, nurse practitioner, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, discusses blood and marrow transplantation and treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with targeted therapies.
Sancy Leachman on Patients at High Risk for Melanoma
January 16th 2016Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Dermatology, director, Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses patients who are at high risk for developing melanoma.
Miguel-Angel Perales on Graft Versus Host Disease
January 13th 2016Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, deputy chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, director, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses graft versus host disease (GVHD) after a bone marrow transplant.
Hope S. Rugo on Scalp Cooling Cap for Hair Loss
January 6th 2016Hope S. Rugo, MD, director of Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the DigniCap cooling system to reduce the severity and frequency of hair loss in patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.
Sancy Leachman on Monitoring for Melanoma Recurrences
December 28th 2015Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Dermatology, director, Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses how a mobile app can help oncology professionals monitor patients for melanoma.
Sagar Lonial Discusses Treating Patients With Myeloma
December 23rd 2015Sagar Lonial, MD, chief medical officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, discusses treating patients with myeloma.
Jonathan Trent on Trabectedin for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
December 22nd 2015Jonathan Trent, MD, PhD, associate director for clinical research, director of the Sarcoma Medical Research Program at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses the approval of trabectedin to treat patients with soft tissue sarcoma.Â
Jeffrey Jones Discusses Nurses' Impact on Patient Compliance
December 15th 2015Jeffrey Jones, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Internal Medicine and section head of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) research program at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses how nurses can help patients comply with taking their oncology drugs.
Michael Soulen on Radioembolization of Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases
December 10th 2015Michael Soulen, MD, a professor of radiology and surgery at the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, discusses radioembolization to treat liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) as well as the efficacy of embolization in treating NETs.
John Kirkwood on Training Physicians on Skin Examinations
December 3rd 2015John Kirkwood, MD, Usher professor, Medicine, Dermatology and Translational Science, co-director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh, discusses training physicians on skin examinations for detecting melanoma.Â