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SALT LAKE CITY—Choosing appropriate treatment options and then following strict monitoring parameters are essential for patients with challenging cancer pain, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association.

“Cancer patients with pain have risks too. So risk stratification and risk minimization should be employed for all patients,” said David S. Craig, PharmD, BCPS, from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida.

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SALT LAKE CITY—Although radiation- induced toxicities are common in an outpatient setting, several treatment options have proven very successful—as long as the appropriate monitoring parameters are in place, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association by Makala Pace, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

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SALT LAKE CITY—Reliable tests are sorely needed to help determine the best dose regimen before chemotherapy to minimize toxicities for patients with metastatic colon cancer, according to a talk given at the annual meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association.

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SALT LAKE CITY—Although it’s important to strive for no chemotherapy-related medication errors, it’s just as important to have an organized system in place to identify, report, and manage these errors when they occur, according to a presentation at the annual meet ing of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association.

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SALT LAKE CITY—Bisphosphonates may have a role as an adjuvant breast cancer treatment, cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy should be considered for treating bladder cancer, and dose-dense chemotherapy may add benefit for patients with pediatric Ewing sarcoma, according to 3 presentations at the “Controversies in Care” session at the annual meeting of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association.

Bisphosphonates in Breast Cancer
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The Oncology Pharmacist congratulates Lindsay Kaster, PharmD, for being chosen by more than 750 of her peers as this year’s T.O.P. Pharmacist award winner.

With the ever-increasing cost of oncology drugs as well as patient copays, a new role was created to help patients manage their financial needs at the Southwest Cancer Center, in cooperation with the Central Pharmacy, University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas, the county’s and Texas Tech University’s primary teaching hospital. Read More ›

ANAHEIM—Effective management of breakthrough cancer pain requires optimizing background therapy for chronic pain and accurately assessing the type of breakthrough pain, said presenters at the 45th American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exposition.

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ANAHEIM—Hypersensitivity or infusion reactions to chemotherapy agents or monoclonal antibodies can be lifethreatening but often can be managed with premedications or titration of infusion rates, said Catherine Christen, PharmD, at the 45th American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exposition.

Medications associated with infusion reactions are platinum agents, taxanes, liposomal doxorubicin, etoposide, and monoclonal antibodies. Hypersensitivity reactions can be either allergic (IgE-mediated) or nonallergic (anaphylactoid).
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