
Krista M. Rubin, RN, MS, FNP-BC, highlights how nurses can help patients with uveal melanoma anticipate and manage adverse events during the step-up dosing period with tebentafusp.
Krista M. Rubin, RN, MS, FNP-BC, highlights how nurses can help patients with uveal melanoma anticipate and manage adverse events during the step-up dosing period with tebentafusp.
Phase 2a trial data suggest that single-dose URO-902 may be an effective, and safe, treatment for women experiencing difficulties with bladder control.
Single-agent adagrasib demonstrated a manageable safety profile and meaningful clinical activity in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated solid tumors.
Elizabeth Loach, MSN, APRN, CNS, AGCNS-BC, OCN, discusses the importance of including frontline nurses in nursing leadership task forces.
The addition of toripalimab to perioperative chemotherapy led to a statistically significant improvement in event-free survival for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.
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The Splashblocker was found to be an effective way to reduce contaminated particles. Plastic backed pads had mixed reviews.
Radioligand therapy with 177Lu-PSMA-I&T elicited favorable PSA responses and a safety profile similar to PSMA-617.
Kathleen Gander DNP, APRN, CNS; and Sarah Middlekauff, MSN, RN, OCN, relay their experiences in implementing a hepatic artery infusion pump educational intervention for oncology nurses.
Findings from a real-world, retrospective analysis support the use of apalutamide for the prostate-specific antigen reduction among patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.
Oncology nurse investigators from Dana-Farber discuss the value of weighted blankets in reducing patient anxiety during infusions.
Data presented during the ONS Annual Congress offers guidance for nurses caring for patients receiving darolutamide, docetaxel, and androgen deprivation therapy.
Rita Deimler, MSN, ANP-BC, outlines best cardiac event monitoring and management practices for patients receiving the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib.
Acknowledging and addressing maladaptive coping mechanisms may help reduce moral distress and burnout among oncology nurses.
Elizabeth R. Cullen, MSN, ARNP, highlights the efficacy of avasopasem manganese in mitigating severe oral mucositis in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer.
Managing ocular-related adverse effects with mirvetuximab soravtansine is key to helping patients with ovarian cancer stay on treatment.
Julie C. Martin DNP, AOCN, FNP-BC, discusses best practices to approaching conversations on clinically actionable genomic results with patients.
An analysis of the cilta-cel safety profile yielded promising results, according to nurse investigators.
Victoria R. Crowder, BSN, RN, and co-investigators, highlight existing gaps in the understanding of malnutrition risks facing patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.
Monitoring patients for cytokine release syndrome is a key aspect of caring for patients receiving teclistamab.
Ashley Marenyi, RN, BSN, OCN, highlights the importance of counseling patients with head and neck cancer on the short-term and long-term adverse effects of radiation treatment.
Specialists highlight the best practices and latest treatment regimens for patients presenting with myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, and essential thrombocythemia.
Denise Nicholson, BSN, RN, explains the importance of advance care planning, and how oncology nurses can effectively facilitate these conversations.
Patients with PD-L1–positive, human papillomavirus 16–positive advanced, cervical cancer derived a median overall survival greater than 25 months with VB10.16/atezolizumab.
The FDA has pushed back the PDUFA date for quizartinib for select patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Data that was leaked from a 2023 EHA Hybrid Congress Abstracts demonstrated that ciltacabtagene autoleucel reduced the risk of disease progression in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
An estimated 54.5% of adolescents in the United States have received the recommended doses of the HPV vaccine, although the government established a goal of an 80% vaccination rate in this population.
Trifluridine plus tipiracil, with or without bevacizumab, has been granted priority review status for the treatment of refractory, metastatic colorectal cancer.
Milademetan, a MDM2 inhibitor, is associated with thrombocytopenia. An intermittent dosing schedule may help mitigate that adverse event.
Combined adjuvant treatment with mRNA-4157 in combination with pembrolizumab improved recurrence rates in patients with resected high-risk melanoma.