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Tag Archives: City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

We’re Removing The West Wind Podcast Video Feed – Now Watch on YouTube & BeaconMedIC.com

We’re removing the West Wind Podcast video feed. You can still watch the podcast in video format on our YouTube channel (/BeaconMedIC) or here at the BeaconMedIC.com website. Thanks! (0:41)

Dr. Hossein Borghaei (Pt 2): Reflecting on Progress & Future Directions in Immunotherapy

Drs. Hossein Borghaei and host Jack West discuss long term outcomes in lung cancer with immunotherapy, potential utility of IO combinations, and when we can consider patients doing well on immunotherapy as cured if doing well beyond 5 years. (26:22)

Dr. Hossein Borghaei (Pt 1): On His Own at 16, Journey from Tehran to Philadelphia

Dr. Hossein Borghaei sits with Dr. Jack West and traces his difficult journey from war-torn Iran to Germary and then the US, which he made alone as a 16 year-old before having the opportunity to pursue medicine & his career in thoracic oncology. (30:42)

Dr. Gideon Blumenthal (Pt 2): Working to Balance Access, Efficacy, and Safety at the FDA

Dr. West questions Dr. Gideon Blumenthal of the FDA about how he and his team there struggle to provide timely access to emerging cancer treatments, while also debating questions of the proper thresholds for efficacy and safety. (20:15)

Dr. Gideon Blumenthal (Pt 1): The Journey into Working for the FDA on Cancer Treatment Regulation

Dr. Jack West provides a brief summary of key findings & limitations of two new papers just out in JAMA Oncology (Theelen et al & Bauml et al.) that evaluate the potential benefit of preceding immunotherapy with radiation in patients with advanced NSCLC. (18:00)

Dr. Jack West on New Data Combining Radiation with Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC: A Brief Critical Review

Dr. Jack West provides a brief summary of key findings & limitations of two new papers just out in JAMA Oncology (Theelen et al & Bauml et al.) that evaluate the potential benefit of preceding immunotherapy with radiation in patients with advanced NSCLC. (18:00)

Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 2): Advances and Impasses in Precision Medicine for Cancer

Dr. Jack West speaks with Dr. Sandip Patel about how molecular oncology has changed outcomes in cancer care, but also how we face great difficulty in getting the knowledge & practice patterns out to communities. (31:49)

Dr. Sandip Patel (Pt 1): The Importance of Language & Good Communication to Connect with Patients

Drs. Sandip Patel & host Jack West track his early interest in medicine and even oncology & the importance of good communication & value of effective use of language when working with patients with cancer. (20:46)

Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg: A Statistician’s Perspective on the Changing Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer

Dr. West speaks with Dr. Suzanne Dahlberg about her path into biostatistics, leadership in shaping trials with ECOG & Dana Farber Cancer Institute, & changing endpoints & trial designs in an era of molecular oncology. (31:36)

Dr. Puneeth Iyengar (Pt 2): Open Questions and Controversies in Radiation Oncology Today

Host Dr. Jack West questions Dr. Puneeth Iyengar, radiation oncologist at UT-Southwestern, about proton beam radiation therapy, risks & benefits of cranial irradiation, & local ablative therapy for local consolidation therapy for oligometastatic disease. (31:39)

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