Dr. Amy Abernethy sits down with Selma Schimmel on The Group Room to discuss the potential cost savings and benefits to palliative care as well as overall value in cancer care today. This interview was filmed at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago 2013. Amy P. Abernethy, MD is the President, [...]

Dr. Amy Abernethy sits down with Selma Schimmel on The Group Room to discuss how the dialogue of palliative care in this country is changing and why we need to start a national conversation. This interview was filmed at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago 2013. Amy P. Abernethy, MD is [...]

“CJ” retired from the Air Force in 2003 after serving 24 years as an intelligence officer. She then continued to work for the federal government in a civilian capacity until 2007 when complications from metastatic breast cancer cut her career short. CJ’s positions included, amongst others, monitoring and analyzing Soviet satellite activity during the Cold [...]

These interviews were filmed with doctors around the globe at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 Annual Meeting in Vienna. Each doctor was asked the following question: Data in advanced cancer shows that palliative care given concurrently with standard anti-cancer treatment; extends life and reduces hospitalizations.  How should this evidence from the Temel [...]

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Dr. Stefan Gluck sits down with Selma Schimmel and The Group Room at the 35th Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).  They discuss personalized medicine as well as the need for more efficient tissue and biospecimen collection for cancer research. Stefan Gluck, MD is a Professor of Medicine, University of Miami, Associate Division [...]

Dr. Christopher Twelves sits down with Selma Schimmel and The Group Room at the 35th Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).  They discuss the results of the Phase III clinical trial comparing capecitabine (Xeloda) and eribulin (Halaven).  The trial showed trends toward the superiority of eribulin in this setting but the results were [...]

Dr. Joanne Mortimer sits down with Selma Schimmel and The Group Room at the 35th Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).  They discuss research being conducted at the City Of Hope Cancer Center on the functional imaging of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Joanne Mortimer, MD is the Vice Chair, Medical Oncology & Therapeutics [...]

Dr. Richard S. Finn sits down with Selma Schimmel and The Group Room at the 35th Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).  They discuss  the combination of PD 0332991 and letrozole phase II clinical trial results. Richard S. Finn, MD is Associate Professor at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA. Advocacy and [...]

Dr. Martine Piccart sits down with Selma Schimmel and The Group Room at the 35th Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).  They discuss how cancer patients and advocates can help lead the way for tissue and biospecimen collection for cancer research. Martine Piccart, MD, PhD is the current President of the European Society [...]