Renal Cell Cancer Update

Is it worthwhile to treat pancreatic cancer? Dr Michael Pishvaian from Johns Hopkins University discusses the use of the PARP inhibitor olaparib and other new developments in the disease. Additional Resources * Golan T et al. Maintenance olaparib for germline BRCA-mutated metastatic pancreatic cancer. N Engl J Med 2019;381:317-27. Full text (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1903387?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed) * Burris HA 3rd et al. Improvements in survival and clinical benefit with gemcitabine as first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: A randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 1997;15(6):2403-13. Abstract (https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.1997.15.6.2403) * Conroy T et al. FOLFIRINOX versus gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer. N Engl J Med 2011;364:1817-25. Correspondence (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1107627?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed) * Von Hoff DD et al