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Oncology Nursing News presents its top 5 articles covering the many advances made in cancer this year.

Lunresertib plus camonsertib showed promising efficacy in advanced endometrial and platinum-resistant ovarian cancers, with ORRs of 25.9% and 37.5%, respectively.

Heather Greene, MSN, FNP, AOCNP, shares insight into the use of erdafitinib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

The haplotype is more common in patients achieving a complete hematologic response, indicating its potential as a treatment response biomarker.

Patients treated with ide-cel, Abecma for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma affecting the central nervous system had similar outcomes to matched patients with non-CNS multiple myeloma.

Oncology nurses can educate patients on the implications of these findings

Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy shows PFS benefit in luminal B/HER2E breast cancer subtypes compared to chemotherapy, especially with low immune-related gene expression.

The combination of revumenib plus decitabine/cedazuridine showed high rates of remission among patients with relapsed/refractory AML with KMT2Ar, NPM1mt, and NUP98r genetic alterations.

New data from the ZUMA-2 trial of brexu-cel showed an ORR of 91% in patients with relapsed/refractory MCL who were naive to BTK inhibitors.

The FDA has granted approval for the use of encorafenib in combination with cetuximab and mFOLFOX6 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer harboring a BRAF V600E mutation.

In line with its safety and efficacy profile, T-DXd preserved quality of life and neurological function in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, irrespective of brain metastases.

Treatment sequencing with targeted therapies may help to improve overall survival, according to real-world data.

Additional exploration may help fully realize the impact of combining immunologic approaches with PARP inhibition, says one expert.

Initial therapy with isatuximab plus VRd followed by its addition to Rd maintenance therapy led to significantly improved MRD negativity and PFS in transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.

APPs provide an in-depth look at amivantamab plus lazertinib for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Understanding psychosocial implications, barriers, risks, and impacts.

FDA gives nod of approval to first derived mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for the treatment of pediatric patients with steroid-refractory acute GVHD.

Ensartinib has received FDA approval for the first-line treatment of ALK-positive locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Pharmacologic strategies may be able to prevent abnormal uterine bleeding in patients undergoing stem cell transplant.

The combination treatment of elacestrant and abemaciclib provided clinical benefit with acceptable safety in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Treatment with zanubrutinib, compared with bendamustine plus rituximab, reduced the risk for disease progression or death by 71% in patients with CLL/SLL, according to 5-year follow-up.

The role of circulating tumor DNA is growing: From detecting early disease to guiding treatment plans, clinicians are finding ctDNA testing increasingly important.

Nurses play an important role in the administration of biosimilars and the education of patients receiving them.

Baseline ctDNA presence was associated with larger tumor size and higher residual disease burden scores following neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in HR-positive, early breast cancer.

This past year, the role of ctDNA testing has expanded to guide treatment decisions for providers and patients with cancer.

Treatment with venetoclax plus hypomethylating agents yielded improved response rates among adult patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

Perioperative atezolizumab did not improve outcomes in patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Following risk management measures, ponatinib-associated adverse events in CML and ALL were shown to have decreased significantly since the drug’s approval.