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VIDEO: Dr. Walter M. Stadler gives take-home messages from ASCO 2015 GU sessions


 

AT THE 2015 ASCO ANNUAL MEETING

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CHICAGO – Dr. Walter M. Stadler provides his take on ASCO 2015 presentations and discussions around genitourinary research, including practice-changing results on the use of chemotherapy for treating prostate cancer and the timing of androgen suppression. He also addresses the disappointing results for using precision medicine to treat bladder cancer versus the encouraging results from immunotherapy for both bladder and renal cell cancer. Dr. Stadler is the Fred C. Buffett Professor of Medicine and Surgery; associate dean for clinical research; chief, section of hematology/oncology; and director, genitourinary program, University of Chicago. He had no financial disclosures.

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