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A new Chemotherapy Education Policy at an NCCN-designated oncology center was received well by nursing and pharmacy staff, yet failed to meet its goals of better-informing patients about their therapy prior to their first dose.

The lymphoma expert offered highlights from the meeting, with hopes that more treatment options will be available for patients with lymphoma.

Data from the phase 2 LOTIS-2 clinical trial supported the accelerated approval of loncastuximab tesirine for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

A poster presentation from the Oncology Nursing Society’s 46th Annual Congress describes a single-center clinician education program aimed at improving patient satisfaction.

Data on the use of ixazomib plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone were similar to results from the pivotal TOURMALINE-MM1 trial, suggesting patients with multiple myeloma in routine practice could achieve similar outcomes to patients treated on clinical trials.

Even though the trastuzumab/radiotherapy failed to meet the trial-specified reduction threshold, a modest, statistically nonsignificant reduction in ipsilateral breast cancer rates were observed.

As genomic profiling becomes more and more essential as part of clinical decision making, clinicians are challenged to stay abreast of advancements in this space to improve patient outcomes and advance the field of precision oncology.

A recent analysis revealed that patients with cancer who scored highly on depression and anxiety scales were more likely to suffer from symptoms of chemotherapy-induced nausea.

Based on results from the phase 2 GARNET trial, dostarlimab may be used to treat recurrent or advanced endometrial cancer progressing on or after treatment with a platinum-containing chemotherapy that is mismatch repair deficient.

According to the research, there are important components and factors missing from the scale commonly used to measure a clinician’s quality of life.

Experts discusses the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer in a virtual CancerNetwork® Around the Practice presentation,“Relapsed/Refractory HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer,” held January 21, 2021, and moderated by Adam M. Brufsky, MD, PhD.

Scott T. Tagawa, MD, considers data for the novel PSMA-targeted radiopharmaceutical 177Lu-PSMA-617.

Radowan A. Elnair, MD, and Sarah A. Holstein, MD, PhD, review literature regarding progress in the management of the transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma in an article published in the journal ONCOLOGY®.

The 2 pilot multidisciplinary care teams reported positive feedback with the collaboration, explaining that the meetings were valuable to the quality care of their patients.

Adverse effects management for tepotinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer by nurses may offer the potential to increase the time on the treatment and lead to improved outcomes.

A thought-provoking installment of Clinical Quandaries is presented by Alejandro Gabutti, MD; and Tommaso Cascella, MD, of a 36-year-old patient with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis and a subsequent diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Treatment care changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic as necessary virtual visits are proving to be more comfortable and safer for many Veteran patients and survivors of cancer.

A review of mRNA vaccine technology by ONCOLOGY® editorial board member Mehmet Sitki Copur, MD, FACP, explains the basis for progress in this field and reviews a number of new trials using this technology.

CancerNetwork® spoke with Abdulraheem Yacoub, MD, during the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021 to discuss how predictors of response to therapy may be just as important as the development of new therapies for advancing outcomes in myelofibrosis and myeloproliferative neoplasms.

Advanced practice nurses and dieticians are encouraged to empower patients to improve their lifestyles through diet and exercise in a presentation at the Oncology Nursing Society’s 46th Annual Congress.

Improving patient care may be possible for institutions achieving Disease-Specific Care certifications with certified nurse specialists at the helm.

Data presented at the Oncology Nursing Society’s 46th Annual Congress reiterated positive results from the PROSPER trial with enzalutamide in the treatment of nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and the key implications these have for nurses treating men with the disease moving forward.

Based on positive results of the phase 2 FIGHT trial, the FDA has granted the investigation antibody bemarituzumab plus FOLFOX6 breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with FGFFR2b overexpression in the frontline setting.

Rana R. McKay, MD, reflects on a proposal from her colleagues regarding a new model for guiding the treatment of prostate cancer that focuses on a “transitional” disease state.

Kim detailed the specifics of his research from the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021 focusing on novel therapies to target mutations and upstream or downstream pathways.

Take a look back at some of the important news and notes from last week in the world of oncology, featuring articles about the virtual AACR Annual Meeting 2021, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer.

ONCOLOGY® editorial board member E. David Crawford, MD, and colleagues, propose a new model for guiding the treatment of prostate cancer that focuses on a “transitional state,” which occurs during the interval of progression to metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Based on results from the EV-301 and EV-201 trials, 2 separate applications for enfortumab vedotin as therapy for certain patients with previously treated metastatic urothelial carcinoma were accepted by the FDA and granted priority review.

Patients treated in a multicenter trial experienced a median progression-free survival of 13.2 months with pembrolizumab versus 8.3 months in those receiving brentuximab vedotin.

Marron detailed the research process for a phase 1 trial of PGV-001 presented virtually at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021.