Dr Sanjay Juneja, medical oncologist and hematologist, and Chief of Oncology at Baton Rouge General Hospital–Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Baton Rouge, LA, also known as “The Onc Doc,” is a well-known healthcare influencer. In the video above, Dr Juneja provides his perspectives on key efficacy and safety data from the EMERALD trial, the importance of testing for ESR1 mutations, and what the approval of ORSERDU (elacestrant) means for patients. Read More ›

Dr. Sardesai, medical oncologist at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, discusses key considerations relating to the approval of ORSERDU (elacestrant), including appropriate patient selection, the clinical relevance of ESR1 mutations, and key takeaways from the EMERALD trial. Read More ›

Dr. Nangia, medical oncologist at Hoag Medical Group in Irvine, CA, discusses key efficacy and safety data from the EMERALD trial, the importance of liquid biopsy testing, and changes in practice brought upon by the approval of ORSERDU (elacestrant). Read More ›

Dr Yuan, medical oncologist in Southern California, discusses key data from the EMERALD trial, the clinical relevance of ESR1 mutations, and changes in practice brought on by the approval of ORSERDU (elacestrant). Read More ›

Dr Tycel Phillips discusses the rationale of an “active surveillance” paradigm following initial diagnosis of follicular lymphoma (FL), as well as how to best select patients in whom this approach could be optimally applied, especially considering FL is currently still an incurable disease. Read More ›

Dr Andrew Zelenetz explains the basis for the currently nearly universal use of the end point of “progression of disease in 24 months” (POD24) as a metric in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma (FL) to identify a high-risk subpopulation. He also discusses how POD24 impacts the choice of therapy and assessing the impact of the next line of therapy. Dr Tycel Phillips emphasized the importance of repeat biopsy in patients with relapsed or refractory FL, to exclude the presence of histologic transformation of FL into a high-grade diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which necessitates expeditious detection, staging, and aggressive therapy. Read More ›

Dr Tycel Phillips debates the importance of having more effective and better tolerated treatments for patients who present with recurrent or treatment-refractory follicular lymphoma (FL). Often, these patients have undergone more than 1 or 2 previous lines of therapy and cannot tolerate all types of therapies within the gamut of potential choices. In such patients, it is desirable to have flexibility in the choice of a therapy regimen, for example, one that is chemotherapy-free. Ms Peg Rummel commented that oncology nurses and nurse navigators are paramount in educating the patients and their caregivers around all aspects of therapy, and help alleviate psychological stress, anxiety, and fear of the unknown by explaining to patients with relapsed or refractory FL the various paths along their therapeutic journey. Read More ›

Dr Andrew Zelenetz examines the various criteria used in individual patients with relapsed or treatment-refractory follicular lymphoma and how they help determine the trigger for and timing of initiating antitumor therapies. Dr Tycel Phillips expands on how applying such criteria may best guide the oncologist to choose specific treatment options, such as certain classes of currently available (FDA-approved) drugs in monotherapy or in combination, especially in a community-based clinical setting. Read More ›

Drs Andrew Zelenetz and Tycel Phillips explore the role B-cell signaling plays in the development and progression of follicular lymphoma (FL) and explain how this underlies the pathophysiology of FL. These biological mechanisms underlie the way that FL differs from other B-cell malignancies, and, in many ways, help select candidate molecular targets for the development of novel agents for the management of FL. Read More ›

Dr Tycel Phillips provides an overview of the most common presenting clinical symptoms at the time of initial presentation of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL). Dr Andrew Zelenetz expands on this discussion by delineating the wide range of possible clinical manifestations, from complete lack of symptoms—whereby FL is found incidentally, for example during routine imaging—to severe and debilitating B-symptoms. Ms Peg Rummel emphasizes the role of nurses and nurse navigators, as members of a multidisciplinary clinical team, in directing patients to the appropriate HCP, as well as educate them on the value of tumor tissue biopsy for a definitive diagnosis of FL, which is a prerequisite to the delivery of appropriate therapy. Read More ›