Cancer Advances

February 18, 2021

Our Integrative Approach to Palliative Care

Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist, Cory Chevalier, MD, joins the Cancer Advances podcast to discuss palliative care. Listen as Dr. Chevalier discusses our unique model in how we integrate palliative care by using a multidisciplinary approach in both an inpatient and clinical setting.

February 11, 2021

HIPEC in Gynecologic Cancers

Robert DeBernardo, MD, Section Head of Gynecologic Oncology at Cleveland Clinic Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Institute joins the Cancer Advances podcast to discuss hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC), specifically in gynecologic cancers. Listen as Dr. DeBernardo discusses the procedure and use of HIPEC along with the type of patient and cancers that are ideal for HIPEC treatment.

February 4, 2021

Distinguishing Brain Tumor Progression from Radiation Necrosis

Samuel Chao, MD, radiation oncologist in the Rose Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center of Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute and Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, joins the Cancer Advances podcast to talk about the work he recently presented at the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2020 Annual Meeting. Listen as Dr. Chao discusses preliminary results from a recent Cleveland Clinic study that demonstrate that 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT has the potential to distinguish radiation necrosis from tumor progression in brain tumors previously treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).

January 28, 2021

Managing Sarcoma

Cleveland Clinic Center Director for Musculoskeletal Oncology, Nathan Mesko, MD, joins the Cancer Advances podcast to discuss how Cleveland Clinic is managing sarcoma and cancers involving the bone and soft tissue. Listen as Dr. Mesko covers time to treat in sarcoma patients, the breadth of specialties involved in our multidisciplinary approach to care and how we are collaborating with other Institutions through our national tumor registry.