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Gunnar Birgegård, MD, PhD, discussed his team’s research comparing intravenous iron isomaltoside 1000 with oral iron sulphate monotherapy in patients with cancer and chemotherapy-induced anemia at the 2015 International Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer/International Society of Oral Oncology Symposium on Supportive Care in Cancer.
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Many patients are not aware that the medicines in their cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.
Adherence to certain strategies can aid pharmacists in successful navigation of our increasingly collaborative healthcare landscape.
At the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 20th Annual Conference, Mario E. Lacouture, MD, presented some clinical pearls that can guide the management of dermatologic toxicities.
Felicia Zook, PharmD, BCOP, discussed her medical practice’s successful development and implementation of a pharmacist-driven drug-monitoring protocol at the 11th annual Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.
Michael Koraleski, PharmD, outlined the proposed standards of the newest US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Chapter 800 at the 11th annual Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.
By Wayne Kuznar
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) now recommends nivolumab (Opdivo) as subsequent therapy for metastatic squamous non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after its recent FDA approval.
By Chase Doyle
Although recent studies have shown the efficacy of using stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) as a treatment modality for organ-confined prostate cancer, questions over urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction have remained.
- Abiraterone and Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity and Survival in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma
- Radium-223 and Pain
- New Biomarker for Survival
- Quality of Life in Long-Term Survivors of Bladder Cancer
A successful pharmacist-driven drug-monitoring protocol can be achieved in a medical practice when necessary elements are considered.