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Showcasing major breakthroughs in cancer care from worldwide clinical trials, Project Oncology® educates and assists the healthcare professionals who dedicate their lives to helping patients fight cancer. Here you’ll find leading oncologists discuss and share essential cancer care strategies for all different types of cancer. And as worldwide clinical trials continue to explore new screening tests and discover novel treatment options, you can rest assured that you’ll always catch the latest ...
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Host: Jody Takemoto, PhD Guest: Robert Wong, MD A recent study explored clinician-level gaps and barriers to hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in patients with cirrhosis and found that there is a lot of work to be done to help improve knowledge about cirrhosis, the recommended cancer screening guidelines, and how to implement those recommendati…
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Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Patricia A. Mangan, RN, MSN, APRN-BC The expansion of treatment options and strategies across the disease continuum is good news for patients who previously had few options; however, it can be a challenge for clinicians to stay up–to date in this very dynamic setting.…
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Host: Jennifer Caudle, DO Guest: Geoffrey B. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET scans are a method by which clinicians can see if a patient who is suffering from prostate cancer has tumors that are expressing the PSMA target. In addition to that, the scan allows us to measure how much of the medication we get onto th…
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Guest: Geoffrey B. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. When looking at patients who suffer from prostate cancer who are receiving PSMA therapy, we can see on our images that the medication not only goes to their cancer, but it also goes to some other things in their body, including the salivary glands. To learn more about his recent study on salivary toxicity, jo…
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Guest: Geoffrey B. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. Clinicians are hopeful that theranostics could help treat patients as soon as they go metastatic or even before surgery to try to affect their therapy and possibly get them to avoid having to take toxic or high side effect therapies. To hear more, tune in with Dr. Geoffrey Johnson, Nuclear Medicine Specialist…
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Guest: Joyita Dutta The AI landscape is evolving at a rapid pace. However, there is a shortage of large public data sets in nuclear medicine that AI models can be trained on. To learn more about what’s on the AI horizon and the challenges that are associated, join Dr. Joyita Dutta, Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in …
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Guest: Chi Liu, PhD The field of artificial intelligence in nuclear medicine is evolving quickly with new models and approaches. Tune in with Dr. Chi Liu, Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Yale University, to hear more about his presentation from SNMMI 2024.
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Guest: Brianna Cagle The Discovery Team at Perspective has developed a compound, called PSV-359, which is a cyclic peptide radiopharmaceutical. It targets a protein, called fibroblast activation protein (FAP), which is a pan-cancer target and is expressed in a wide variety of cancers. To learn more about her presentation from SNMMI 2024, hear from …
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Guest: Lillian Siu, MD, FRCPC Since cancer vaccines have been of interest to oncologists for decades, they’ve been trying to figure out how to prime or stimulate the immune system to attack cancer, and until the last few years, cancer vaccines have been challenging. To learn about this unique area of study, which she also presented at ASCO 2024, jo…
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Guest: Lillian Siu, MD, FRCPC With a few studies in the works for cancer vaccines, the future is exciting for what this could mean for oncology patients. Dive in to learn about the various ways to package cancer vaccines so they can be delivered to patients effectively. And to learn more about the limitations, targets, and platforms of cancer vacci…
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Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP Guest: Nima Nabavizadeh, MD Guest: Tomasz Beer, MD, FACP While multi-cancer early detection (MCED) testing has the potential to significantly impact the way we approach cancer screening, it’s important to be aware of the risks associated with it, like overdiagnosis. That’s why Drs. Nima Nabavizadeh and Tom Beer j…
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Guest: Tyler J Bradshaw, PhD In recent years, doctors have become interested in how large language models and AI technologies could potentially improve radiology overall. Even though these technologies are still in the beginning stages of being used in medicine, eventually doctors hope to show what impact they could have on patients. To learn more …
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Guest: Ashley L. Sumrall, MD Advocacy is rooted in patients telling their stories, and every patient can be an advocate to help and allow others to hear about their experience. This has also helped clinicians get the medicine they need for their patients. Dive in to hear how you can incorporate advocacy strategies into your practice with Dr. Ashley…
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Guest: Ashley L. Sumrall, MD If we want to ensure that we and our patients have healthcare when we’re older and it continues to be available, it’s important to take a stand and be a part of advocacy work. There are multiple ways to get involved, and it’s not as intimidating as someone might think, so to share some of these strategies and the impact…
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Practical Applications for Quality Improvement in Myelofibrosis Management: A Video Brief on Lessons Learned
Host: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH This video brief will discuss quality improvement in myelofibrosis management. To highlight ways to improve care for patients with both primary and secondary myelofibrosis, we’ll examine the experiences of two cancer centers that engaged in quality improvement programs. Molecular Testing Symptom Assessment Prognostic Risk …
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Guest: Lori J. Wirth, MD Head and neck cancers are the seventh most common cancers globally and are increasing in prevalence.1,2 To dive further into the intricacies of this early-stage cancer, join Dr. Lori Wirth, Medical Oncologist in the Head and Neck Oncology Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. References: Gormley M, et al. Br …
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Tune in ahead of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2024 Annual Meeting in Toronto for a preview of what to expect with Dr. Munir Ghesani, Chief Medical Officer and the Medical Director at United Theranostics in Princeton, New Jersey.
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