Jennifer Brown, MD, discusses the choice in chemoimmunotherapy, FCR (fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab) vs BR. FCR has been the standard therapy for previously untreated fit patients with CLL under about the age of 70. While BR (bendamustine and rituximab), is a relatively newer therapy, which had been studied in a couple of phase two trials - smaller single arm trials and look to be promising.

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FCR vs. BR - Is One Better?

Expert oncologists provide brief, distilled summaries of the most central issues in cancer management and emerging approaches for patients and caregivers. The Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE) is committed to providing the knowledge that will help enable the general public to be informed participants in their own care. Visit CancerGRACE.org for more info.

Basics of Small Cell Lung Cancer

Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Elderly and Frail Patients

Rachel Sanborn - Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Early Stage NSCLC Patients, part 1

GRACE is happy to present the 8th in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016. Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss new trials of targeting therapies used to treat leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

New Trials of Targeting Therapies to Treat Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

GRACE is happy to present the 8th in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016. Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss promising early results for treatments targeting new mutations.

ASCO 2016 LC RT Vid 8 - Promising Early Results for Treatments

GRACE is happy to present the 6th in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016. Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss Immuno-oncology developments - combinations and use as first-Line therapy.

Immuno-oncology Developments - Combinations and Use as First-Line Therapy

GRACE is happy to present the 6th video in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016.   Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss whether current evidence supports favoring proton beam radiation.

Does Current Evidence Support Favoring Proton-Beam Radiation

GRACE is happy to present the 5th in our series ASCO 2016 Lung Cancer Roundtable, Highlights and New Approaches in Lung Cancer.  Featuring Jack West, MD, Janet Freeman-Daily, Everett Vokes, MD, and Suresh Ramalingam, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. West, highlights the newest and most intriguing discussions from ASCO 2016. Drs. West, Vokes and Ramalingam, along with patient advocate Janet Freeman-Daily, discuss the J-Alex trial and whether Alecensa should replace Xalkori as First-Line ALK Therapy.

J-Alex Trial: Should Alecensa Replace Xalkori as First-Line ALK Therapy?

GRACE is happy to present the 9th video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, Treating Head and Neck Cancer.  Featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Bauml, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. Weiss, highlights intriguing discussions regarding head and neck cancers from ASCO 2016. Drs. Weiss, Bauml and Seiwert discuss the topic of whether there are less toxic alternatives to the extreme regimen.

Are There Less Toxic Alternatives to the Extreme Regimen

GRACE is happy to present the 8th video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, Treating Head and Neck Cancer.  Featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Bauml, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. Weiss, highlights intriguing discussions regarding head and neck cancers from ASCO 2016. Drs. Weiss, Bauml and Seiwert discuss the promising early data for the oral inhibitor Buparlisib.

Promising Early Data for Oral Inhibitor Buparlisib

7th video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Bauml, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD. Dr. Weiss moderates the discussion regarding ASCO 2016 HN RT-Using Immunotherapy as First-Line Treatment and in Combinations.

Using Immunotherapy as First-Line Treatment and in Combinations

6th video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Bauml, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD. Dr. Weiss moderates the discussion regarding keynote 55: Pembrolizumab for heavily pre-treated patients.  

Keynote 55 Pembrolizumab for Heavily Pre-Treated Patients

  GRACE is happy to present the 3rd video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, Treating Head and Neck Cancer.  Featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Bauml, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. Weiss, highlights intriguing discussions regarding head and neck cancers from ASCO 2016. Drs. Weiss, Bauml and Seiwert discuss the using biomarkers in immunotherapy.    

Using Biomarkers in Immunotherapy

GRACE is happy to present the 4th video in our series ASCO 2016 Head and Neck Roundtable, Treating Head and Neck Cancer.  Featuring Jared Weiss, MD, Joshua Baumi, MD, and Tanguy Seiwert, MD, this roundtable discussion, moderated by Dr. Weiss, highlights intriguing discussions regarding head and neck cancers from ASCO 2016. Drs. Weiss, Baumi and Seiwert discuss the common side effects of PD-1 inhibitors.

Common Side Effects of PD-1 Inhibitors

Oncology experts summarize current and emerging issues in cancer management for patients and caregivers. Information from the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE) helps people to become informed partners in their care.

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