Articles
Charise Gleason, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP, and Nikki Barkett, RN, BSN, OCN, discuss how they use shared decision-making with patients to help them remain adherent to their treatment plan. Read More ›
Charise Gleason, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP, and Nikki Barkett, RN, BSN, OCN, talk about the clues and the patient characteristics that they use to determine which of their patients with multiple myeloma may be at risk for not adhering to their anticancer therapy. Read More ›
Patients with multiple myeloma often face a difficult road in their cancer journey because of their treatment regimen. Please join Charise Gleason, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP, and Nikki Barkett, RN, BSN, OCN, as they share some of their best practices for keeping patients on therapy. Read More ›
By William King
Updates to the screening guidelines for colorectal cancer (CRC) from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) include lowering the initial screening age for average-risk individuals and second- and third-degree family members with CRC, as well as an extension in the interval for surveillance colonoscopy for low-risk individuals. Read More ›
The addition of sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy), an antibody–drug conjugate, to the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed encouraging antitumor activity in checkpoint inhibitor–naïve patients with metastatic urothelial cancer, according to an analysis of the results of cohort 3 from the phase 2 TROPHY-U-01 clinical trial, which were presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium by Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, Clinical Director, Genitourinary Cancers Program, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle; and Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle. Read More ›
By William King
Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) added to best supportive care (BSC) improved outcomes including overall survival (OS) versus BSC alone in Asian patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) previously treated with sorafenib (Nexavar), according to final results from the KEYNOTE-394 trial. Read More ›
The May issue of The Oncology Pharmacist (TOP) features news and insights relevant to today’s pharmacy professionals working in the field of oncology. Read More ›
By William King
Treatment with nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) in the neoadjuvant setting plus adjuvant nivolumab resulted in a high rate of pathologic complete response (pCR) in patients with resectable microsatellite instable (MSI)/mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) oeso-gastric junction (OGJ) adenocarcinoma, according to findings from the GERCOR NEONIPIGA clinical trial, which were presented by Thierry André, MD, Professor, Medical Oncology, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France, at the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Read More ›
By William King
Trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu; T-DXd) continues to show superior antitumor activity and improved survival compared with standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced HER2-expressing gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, according to updated results from the phase 2 DESTINY-Gastric01 trial. Read More ›
This section provides a brief overview of new cancer drugs and new indications
approved by the FDA between February 28 and March 31, 2022. Read More ›