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A secondary analysis of 2 treatment alterations studies demonstrated that 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT scans play a pivotal role in determining if androgen deprivation therapy is appropriate for patients with prostate cancer.

A study presented at the 22nd SUO Annual Meeting did not identify any significant or clinically meaningfully differences in HRQOL in patients with nonmetastatic bladder cancer who receive robotic-assisted vs open radical cystectomy.

Urine cytology specimen NGS was found to be a feasible and valid method of assessing genomic alterations in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

A presentation at the SUO Annual Meeting underscored best surveillance strategies for patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma who have undergone radical nephroureterectomy.

The addition of bevacizumab was found to boost responses in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer receiving pembrolizumab.

Patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia experienced positive gene set enrichment after receiving ibrutinib in addition to lisocabtagene maraleucel.

Pooled findings indicate that the quality of life in patients receiving surufantinib for advanced neuroendocrine tumors was comparable to that of placebo.

Patients with neuroendocrine tumors across various origins experienced favorable responses after receiving tidutamab.

An expert from NYU Langone outlines how checkpoint blockade approvals have helped advance endometrial cancer management.

Patients with cancer should receive the entire COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible, according to an expert at the 39th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium.

Findings from biomarker tests for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia can help appropriately tailor therapy plans as well as identify patients eligible for clinical trials.

Newer modalities seek to use MRD to provide more definitive prognoses.

Stephanie Jackson, DNP, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN, Oncology Nursing News co-editor in chief, comments on how health care providers can effectively care for patients with COVID-19 and hematologic malignancies.

A speaker at the Oncology Nursing Society Bridge Program discussed how nurses can build their own resilience and proactively protect their mental well-being.

An expert on immune toxicity management discusses dermatologic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and endocrine irAEs and how nurses can help educate their patients to monitor these symptoms.

An expert on pain management discusses safe and effective opioid prescriptions to manage cancer-related pain.

Deidra Hamilton, MSN, RN, OCN, ONN-CG, recently presented on how cancer institutions can clearly define the role of a nurse navigator to prevent scope creep and use gap analysis and metrics to showcase the value of a navigator in their program.

Patients with HER2-positive, metastatic colorectal cancer and higher HER2 expression at baseline experienced improved responses following treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan.

A 4-year follow-up of patients with treatment-naïve triple-negative breast cancer who received carboplatin plus neoadjuvant paclitaxel, followed by doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, suggests that the regime induces superior pathological complete response and event-free survival.

Adavosertib decreased the risk of disease progression or death by 65% in patients with TP53-/RAS-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).

Patients with prostate cancer fared better following treatment with magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound focal therapy than with radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, shows study presented at 2021 AUA Annual Meeting.

Real-world evidence recently presented at the 2021 AUA Annual Meeting showed that high adherence rates and favorable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response were observed in men with nmCRPC who were treated with apalutamide.

A phase 2 trial presented at the 2021 ESMO Annual Congress showed that Balstilimab plus Zalifrelimab induced superior response rates, duration of responses, and overall survival in patients with recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

An expert presenting at the Society of Hematology Oncology 2021 Annual Conference shared important updates in polycythemia vera (PV) treatment and weighed in on the direction of future treatment.

Data presented at the 2021 ESMO Congress suggest that pembrolizumab in addition to chemo with or without bevacizumab may become new standard of care in the frontline setting of cervical cancer treatment.

Obese men are more likely to have improved overall survival following treatment for mCRPC than man who are overweight or normal weight, analysis finds.

Interim findings presented at the 2021 ESMO congress suggest that tisotumab vedotin plus frontline carboplatin and second-/third-Line pembrolizumab may be a suitable treatment option for recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

Characteristics such as low positive PD-L1 expression and rare high positive staining were identified in both patients with VHL-mutated and VHL wild type clear cell renal cell carcinoma.