ASCO Education

Dr. Jonathan Strosberg, section chief of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Division of the Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the recent FDA approval of Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate for the treatment of somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).

An interview with Dr. Paul Hesketh from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center on the antiemetics guideline update published in 2017. The guideline update expands the recommendations to include olanzapine and neurokinin 1 receptor antagonists. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/supportive-care-guidelines

Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH- Assistant Professor, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presents a self-assessment question from an ASCO University course focusing on the treatment breast cancer.

Rami Manochakian, M.D., a thoracic clinical oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Florida, presents information on the recently approved drug in oncology, durvalumab for patients with stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (NSCLC) after the completion of radiation therapy.

Self-Evaluation: Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist Health, presents a self-assessment question from an ASCO University course focusing on, the appropriate first line therapy for newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma.

An interview with Dr. Alison W. Loren of Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania on the ASCO guideline update which provides current recommendations about fertility preservation for adults and children with cancer. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/survivorship-guidelines

Self-Evaluation: Apar Kishor Ganti, MD, Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology/Hematology, and Associate Director of Clinical Research at the Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, presents a self-evaluation question from an ASCO University course focusing on the treatment of an EGFR Mutation.

Dr. Linh Alejandro, a clinical oncology pharmacist at the University of California, San Diego Health Systems discusses the approval of olaparib for germline BRCA-mutated metastatic breast cancer.

An interview with Dr. Christopher Flowers of Emory University School of Medicine on the ASCO/IDSA clinical practice guideline which provides updated recommendations on outpatient management of fever and neutropenia in patients with cancer. Read the full guideline at www.asco.org/supportive-care-guidelines

Shadia Jalal, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology Indiana University School of Medicine, presents a self-evaluation question from an ASCO University course focusing on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancers.