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Immunotherapy with Pembrolizumab in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Highlights in GU Oncology from ASCO 2018 (BMIC-055)

Dr. Daniel Goldstein summarizes key data in genitourinary oncology from ASCO 2018, including new results on pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for metastatic prostate cancer, asking whether it could find a place as treatment for a subset of these patients. (2:17)

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August 17, 2018 by BeaconMedIC Posted in The Beacon Podcast Tagged ASCO 2018, Beacon, Beacon Medical Interchange, Cancer, checkpoint inhibitor, Daniel Goldstein, De Bono, Education, genitourinary cancer, GU oncology, H. Jack West, Health, immunotherapy, Jack West, Keytruda, Medicine, metastatic prostate cancer, Oncology, pembrolizumab, prostate cancer, Rabin Medical Center, Science, The Beacon, The Beacon Podcast, University of North Carolina

Is Durvalumab (Imfinzi) in Stage III NSCLC Curing Patients or Just Treating Metastatic Disease Earlier? Importance of Overall Survival and Implications for Duration of Treatment (BMIC-025)

Dr. Jack West explores the importance of following the overall survival of patients on the PACIFIC trial and considers still open questions of whether consolidation durvalumab (Imfinzi) in stage III unresectable NSCLC should be discontinued after a year. (6:32)

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February 22, 2018 by BeaconMedIC Posted in The Beacon Podcast Tagged Antonia, Beacon, Beacon Medical Interchange, Cancer, checkpoint inhibitor, consolidation, cure, duration of therapy, durvalumab, Education, H. Jack West, Health, IMFINZI, immunotherapy, Jack West, locally advanced NSCLC, lung cancer, Medicine, NSCLC, Oncology, overall survival, PACIFIC Trial, Paz-Ares, PFS, progression-free survival, Science, stage III NSCLC, The Beacon, The Beacon Podcast, unresectable NSCLC

Durvalumab (Imfinzi) FDA Approved for Stage III NSCLC: Should It Become Standard of Care Without Overall Survival Benefit Demonstrated? (BMIC-024)

Dr. Jack West reviews key results of the PACIFIC trial of the immunotherapy agent durvalumab (Imfinzi) vs. placebo in stage III NSCLC and explains the pros and cons of durvalumab as a new standard of care after concurrent chemoradiation. (7:43)

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February 20, 2018 by BeaconMedIC Posted in The Beacon Podcast Tagged Antonia, Beacon, Beacon Medical Interchange, Cancer, checkpoint inhibitor, consolidation, cure, duration of therapy, durvalumab, Education, H. Jack West, Health, IMFINZI, immunotherapy, Jack West, locally advanced NSCLC, lung cancer, Medicine, NSCLC, Oncology, overall survival, PACIFIC Trial, Paz-Ares, PFS, progression-free survival, Science, stage III NSCLC, The Beacon, The Beacon Podcast, unresectable NSCLC

Chemo-Immunotherapy in Non-Squamous NSCLC: Has the KEYNOTE-189 Trial Defined a Clear Standard of Care? (BMIC-022)

Dr. Jack West reviews the results and pending questions of the KEYNOTE-189 trial of chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA) as first line therapy for advanced non-squamous NSCLC, as well as how they change the treatment landscape. (8:13)

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January 20, 2018 by BeaconMedIC Posted in The Beacon Podcast Tagged alimta, Beacon, Beacon Medical Interchange, Cancer, checkpoint inhibitor, chemotherapy, Education, H. Jack West, Health, immunotherapy, Jack West, KEYNOTE-021g, KEYNOTE-189, Keytruda, Medicine, non-small cell lung cancer, non-squamous, NSCLC, Oncology, PD-1, PD-L1, pembrolizumab, pemetrexed, Science, The Beacon, The Beacon Podcast

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