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lURIE CANCER CENTER AND Northwestern Medicine
​EXPERTS TO PRESENT AT THE 
2024 ASCO® Annual Meeting

Physicians and scientists from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Northwestern Medicine will present and discuss leading-edge research in cancer care at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, May 31 - June 4 at McCormick Place in Chicago, and Online. Visit us at Booth 13013​. 
 
The program features more than 200 sessions complementing the meeting’s theme: The Art and Science of Cancer Care: From Comfort to Cure. Below is a sample of presentations by Lurie Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine physicians and scientists.
Explore a complete list of presentations by lurie cancer center scientists

a sample of our presentation schedule

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​Time
Location
Track & Session
Presenter
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Friday, May 31
1:00 – 2:15 PM
E450b / On Demand
Hematologic Malignancies 
Education Session: Germline Predisposition in Hematologic Malignancies / Testing, Management and Implications
Lucy Godley, MD, PhD    Overcoming Barriers to Testing and Research in Patients with Myeloid Predisposition States
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2:45 – 5:45 PM
Hall D1 / Live Stream
Melanoma / Skin Cancers
Oral Abstract Session
Sunandana Chandra, MD  Everything and the Kitchen Sink: First-Line Therapy for Advanced Melanoma
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4:30 - 5:45 PM
E450a / On Demand
Genitourinary Cancer—Prostate, Testicular, and Penile | Disparities/Health Equity
Advancing Prostate Cancer Care: Treatment Approaches to Precision Medicine, Biomarker Innovations, and Equitable Access
David VanderWeele, MD, PhD
Practical Approach to Genetic Testing and Treatment Selection in Prostate Cancer

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Saturday, June 1
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Care Delivery and Quality Care / Digital Technology
Poster Session
Betina Yanez, PhD
Association of symptom severity, anxiety, and health literacy with portal usage among patients with cancer
see details

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Central Nervous System Tumors / Brain Metastases
Poster Session
Priya Kumthekar, MD
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Novel non-invasive method for measuring intracranial pressure for drug delivery and other neurologic disorders

Abstract: 2031
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   3:00 - 4:30 PM
E450a / On Demand
Central Nervous System Tumors                          Advancing Trial Design: Illuminating Tumor Evolution in Central Nervous System Cancer
Craig Horbinski, MD, PhD Glioma Evolution Over Time
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Sunday, June 2
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Genitourinary Cancer – Kidney and Bladder
Urothelial Cancer – Advanced/Metastatic Disease
Maha Hussain, MD, FASCO, FACP
A pilot study of tazemetostat and pembrolizumab in advanced urothelial carcinoma (ETCTN 10183).
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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Deman
Genitourinary Cancer – Prostate Cancer, Advanced/Hormone Sensitive
​Genitourinary Cancer – Prostate, Testicular and Penile
Sarah Elizabeth Fenton, MD, PhD                               A randomized phase II study of ADT + abiraterone versus ADT + abiraterone + docetaxel in patients with low-volume metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. 
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Abstract: TPS5121
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9:45 – 11:00 AM
E451 / On Demand
Hematologic Malignancies / Geriatric Oncology
Education Session: Advancements and Challenges in the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Yasmin Abaza, MD          Management of Toxicities in Combination Therapy
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11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
S406 / On Demand
Developmental Therapeutics - Immunotherapy
Rapid Oral Abstract Session

Young Kwang Chae, MD 
​Evaluation of mixed response in tumor size and survival in patients with rare cancers treated with dual checkpoint inhibitor therapy (DART SWOG S1609). 
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Abstract: 2514
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Monday, June 3
8:00 – 9:15 AM
Hall D2
Breast Cancer
Education Session: Systemic Therapy in Breast Cancer: Current State of the Art and Future Horizons
William Gradishar, MD. FACP, FASCO                 Tailoring Treatment to Risk: Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
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8:15 – 9:30 AM
Hall D1 / Live Strea
Hematologic Malignancies – Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant
Highlights of the Day II
Jessica Altman, MD
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9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Deman
Care Delivery and Quality Care
Quality Care / Health Services Research
Laila Gharzai, MD
Impact of lung biomarker testing on out-of-pocket costs for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Abstract: 11087
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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Gynecologic Cancer
Uterine Cancer
Emma Barber, MD 
Surgical window of opportunity clinical trial of abemaciclib and letrozole for endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium.

Abstract: 5596
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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Hematologic Malignancies / Multiple Myeloma
Hematologic Malignancies—Plasma Cell Dyscrasia
Zhou Zhang, PhD    Genome-wide 5-hydroxymethylation mapping and epigenetic pathways in multiple myeloma.

​Abstract: 7566
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9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Care Delivery and Quality Care / Patient Reported Outcomes
Quality Care/Health Services Research
Ann Marie Flores, PT, PhD 
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Risk of significant functional impairment across cancer diagnosis and care continuum. 

Abstract: 11100
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1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Carolyn Moloney, MD
Comparing rates of immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity in different treatment settings (neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): A meta-analysis of phase III clinical trials.
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Abstract: 8645
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1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer – Non-Small Cell Metastatic
Jyoti Patel, FASCO, MD
Sacituzumab govitecan (SG) + pembrolizumab (pembro) in first-line (1L) metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) with PD-L1 ≥ 50%: Cohort A of EVOKE-02.

Abstract: 8592
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1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Education Research
Medical Education and Professional Development
Julia Trosman, PhD
Comparing rates of immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity Educational intervention to facilitate clinician-patient discussions of lung cancer biomarker testing at safety net and non-safety net centers.
Abstract: 9023​
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1:30 – 4:30 PM
Hall A / On Demand
Symptom Science and Palliative Care
Nikita Patel, MD
Predictive factors for cardiac events following concurrent chemotherapy and radiation with durvalumab consolidation for unresectable non-metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
Abstract: 12033
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