Peerview Oncology & Hematology Cme/cne/cpe Audio Podcast

Go online to PeerView.com/HCZ860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. The immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) changed the standards of care in the treatment of advanced solid tumors and are now rapidly transitioning into early-stage, curative-intent settings. New regulatory approvals have been recently granted for several ICIs as neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatments for different cancers, and many more studies are under way. This shift is truly needed, as outcomes had plateaued in resectable cancers. To overcome the challenges of conducting ICI clinical trials in early-stage cancers and facilitate more rapid progress, the need for new surrogate measures of efficacy has been widely recognized. Pathologic response assessment of resection specimens after neoadjuvant therapy has emerged as one such new tool, and there is accumulating evidence supporting its relevance and advantages. However, some unanswered questions remain, and there has been a lack o