Articles
Cindy is a 52-year-old female with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. She plans to undergo an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). When discussing the risks associated with HSCT, the oncologist warns Cindy that her white blood cells (WBCs) will become critically low as a result of high-dose chemotherapy. Read More ›
CJ is a 62-year-old female beginning chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide for stage III breast cancer. To minimize the risk of neutropenia-associated complications, it is planned for CJ to return to the clinic daily following chemotherapy for injections of a colony-stimulating factor (CSF) until her absolute neutrophil count exceeds 10,000 × 106/L. Read More ›
In April 2011, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) convened a summit of key stakeholders regarding the issues surrounding biosimilars in oncology care. The working group subsequently published a sentinel white paper outlining the regulatory, scientific, and patient safety issues surrounding the development and expansion of biosimilars in oncology care. Read More ›
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, is affiliated with the Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine. Read More ›
With the growing number of cancer survivors in the United States and around the world, supportive care has become of even greater importance for these patients. Read More ›
A novel fixed-dose combination of netupitant and palonosetron, referred to as NEPA, was found to be highly effective in preventing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in 2 studies presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. Read More ›
By MMA
I do not think my situation is unique. I live in a large city with horrendous healthcare. If you do not live in such a city, you may not believe that I live in the United States. I do. Most of you, I imagine, live in places—urban, suburban, or rural—similar to mine. Hopefully, because you have not been seriously ill, you do not know it. Read More ›
In this month’s issue of The Oncology Pharmacist, we present our coverage from the 2013 annual meetings of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Read More ›
Further analyses of Study 301, which compared eribulin to capecitabine in the treatment of advanced breast cancer, showed greater improvements in quality of life (QOL) with eribulin, and overall survival (OS) benefits in subsets of patients. Read More ›
While branded and generic enoxaparin share many traditional characteristics of low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs), they differ in several parameters that are relevant to an antithrombotic effect, according to researchers from Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, who presented their findings at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Read More ›