Alex Biese

Emily M. Beard, BSN, RN, OCN, CBCN, BHCN, discusses the vital role of oncology nurse navigation in addressing barriers to care and improving outcomes in cancer survivorship.

Theresa Lynne Harrington Stukus, ANPBC NP, discusses patient compliance, side effect management, and screening anxiety in breast cancer care.

Michelle Mollica, PhD, RN, discusses training oncology nurses to manage information overload and guide patients post-diagnosis.

As ivermectin interest surges via social media, oncology nurses must balance empathetic communication with evidence-based safety and clinical caution.

Oncology nurses discuss managing lung cancer as a chronic disease, addressing long-term symptoms, financial toxicity, and psychosocial care.

Experts explore the clinical promise, nursing implications, and access barriers of GLP-1s in cancer care.

HR20013 plus dexamethasone improves delayed emesis control and daily functioning for patients on moderately emetogenic chemotherapy in the phase 3 PROTECT trial.

Experts warn of "molecular anxiety" and financial toxicity as ctDNA testing enters early-stage breast cancer surveillance.

New research identifies a significant link between immune checkpoint inhibitors and peripheral artery disease, prompting a need for nurse monitoring.

MD Anderson’s trial uses psilocybin to help oncology patients overcome anxiety and depression during maintenance therapy.

Learn about the FDA approval of vepdegestrant (Veppanu), the first PROTAC for ESR1-mutated breast cancer, including nursing priorities and side effects.

FDA approved Veppanu for ER+, HER2- ESR1-mutated breast cancer after endocrine therapy, improving PFS to 5 months vs 2.1 and reducing progression risk by 43%.

New NCCN Guidelines for colorectal cancer emphasize structured exercise and molecular profiling to reduce recurrence.

Findings from real-world community clinics show favorable efficacy of trastuzumab deruxtecan in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

Data show that sentinel lymph node biopsy is becoming less routine for older women with breast early stage HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

A mobile health intervention was linked with an increase in general and cancer-specific QOL in adolescent and young adult breast cancer survivors.

The treatment combination of T-DXd and pertuzumab was granted FDA approval in the first-line for unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

Nearly one-third of families of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed “catastrophic” financial toxicity during the patient’s treatment.

The frontline addition of cancer vaccine IO102-IO103 to pembrolizumab demonstrated an increase in PFS in patients with advanced melanoma.

Among lymphoma survivors, a multidisciplinary intervention program had a beneficial effect on fatigue and aspects of health-related quality of life.

Supervised physical activity, while feasible, was not shown to affect quality of life or fatigue in patients with metastatic cancer.

The FDA has approved revumenib for relapsed or refractory NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia.

The FDA approved bevacizumab-nwgd across several gastrointestinal, gynecological, brain, and lung cancer types.

A phase 1 trial of camizestrant with ribociclib appears safe and effective in patients with ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.

Nurses play a crucial role for patients with prostate cancer undergoing radiation treatment, according to a radiation oncology nurse.

Adagrasib outperformed docetaxel in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non–small cell lung cancer, regardless of baseline brain metastases.

Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who received palliative care via telehealth had similar improvements in quality of life as those who received the care through in-person visits.

In this episode of The Vitals, we speak with an expert who discussed the importance of supportive care and education for patients with lung cancer who are treated with immunotherapy.

The FDA has approved tisotumab vedotin-tftv for the treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy.

From journaling to delegating everyday tasks, nurses can teach patients how to cope with treatment-related fatigue.