ONCOLOGY Nurse Edition April 2009, Vol 23 No 4

Adding blinatumomab to Interfant-06 chemotherapy appears to be feasible and safe in the treatment infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a phase 2 trial.

Margaret Rosenzweig, PhD, CRNP-C, AOCNP, FAAN, discusses how nursling-led palliative care may improve advanced cancer care planning uptake based on a secondary analysis of the CONNECT study.

Zanubrutinib and acalabrutinib produce similar safety profiles in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the phase 3 ASCEND and APLINE trials.

Rakhshanda Rahman, MD, FRCS, FACS, emphasizes the importance of educating patients and physicians on the potential risks and benefits of new approaches and technologies involved in the de-escalation of breast cancer treatment.

The regulatory agency has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of February 7, 2024 for pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy as a treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer.

Venetoclax plus obinutuzumab with or without ibrutinib demonstrates superiority over standard chemoimmunotherapy in fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.