Assembly Faculty Spotlight: Stefan C. Grant, MD, JD, MBA, FACP

The Southern Medical Association (SMA) is proud to feature Stefan C. Grant, MD, JD, MBA, FACP, as a speaker for the Association’s 117th Annual Scientific Assembly taking place November 13-15, 2025 in New Orleans.

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OPEN: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Related Pulmonary Toxicity: Focus on Nivolumab

The development of checkpoint inhibitors has changed the treatment paradigm for cancer. Checkpoint inhibitors nivolumab, pembrolizumab, and cemiplimab target programmed death-1 (PD-1), whereas durvalumab, avelumab, and atezolizumab target PD-ligand 1. Ipilimumab targets cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen 4. Used as monotherapy or in combination, these inhibitors have shown remarkable efficacy in…

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Review Article

Emerging Therapeutic Strategies in Breast Cancer

The field of medical oncology is experiencing a period of rapid evolution owing to advances in the fields of genomics, tumor biology, and immunology. These disciplines have provided valuable insights into the heterogeneity between breast tumors, key oncogenic drivers, and the role of the immune system in the natural history…

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