Creating a Paradigm for Biomarker Testing

Geoffrey R. Oxnard, MD; Lauren L. Ritterhouse, MD, PhD

Video Categories: PMO Interview with the Innovator Series: Volume 12 and Video Library

Drs. Goeffrey Oxnard and Lauren Ritterhouse consider the advantages and disadvantages of liquid biopsies as an early screening tool for biomarker testing, and how to integrate various approaches into a biomarker testing paradigm.

December 3, 2013

The Role of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma

In the first WCMC clinical commentary entitled, The Role of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibition in Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma, Dirk Schadendorf, MD; Nicole Basset-Seguin, MD, PhD; Aleksander Sekulic, MD, PhD discuss how the hedgehog pathway plays a critical role in developing basal cell carcinoma and how inhibitors are providing new strategies [ Read More ]

March 31, 2015

Integrating Cost into Treatment

According to Alexander Bastian, it’s very difficult to determine how to integrate cost into the equation of cancer care. He explains that cost should be considered early on and uses Dr. Zafar’s term of financial toxicity, meaning the burden of cost can be as bad or worse than a physical [ Read More ]