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Like patients, caregivers need education and support, but are often forgotten or unheard.

Leveraging circulating tumor (ct)DNA may help expedite the time to treatment and enhance survival prospects for individuals with lung cancer.

A phase 3 trial based out of India suggests that olanzapine may be useful in reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

The FDA has restricted the indication for gastric cancer to only include patients whose tumors express PD-L1 (CPS ≥ 1) as determined by an FDA-approved test.

New ASCO guidelines recommend trilaciclib for patients with untreated or previously treated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer who are receiving chemotherapy or chemoimmunotherapy.

Lisocabtagene maraleucel is under consideration as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Patients who were in the intervention arm were 67% less likely to go to the emergency department in the last days of their life.

The median OS achieved with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and chemotherapy was 32.1 months vs 22.8 months with bevacizumab and chemotherapy alone.

The Undiagnosed Cancer Clinic, or UCC, was established with the goal of reducing the time that patients wait for their initial oncology consultation appointments.

Screening for financial toxicity should be routine in cancer care, according to investigators.

Incorporating frailty screenings into preexisting workflows may be an effective way to provide more holistic care to patients with head and neck cancer.

Investigators reflect on the Oncology Care Model and its implications.

The median overall survival with niraparib, abiraterone acetate, and prednisone was 30.4 months vs 28.6 months with abiraterone acetate and prednisone alone.

The duration of response was 39.2 months among patients with 1 metastatic site treated in the combination arm vs 29.5 months for patients given sunitinib.

Adjuvant pembrolizumab improved overall survival vs placebo in patients with renal cell carcinoma at intermediate-high or high risk of recurrence.

The 3-year progression-free survival rate was 94% and the 3-year overall survival rate was 97%.

As with all patients with cancer, providing care for those with lung cancer involves both physiological and psychological aspects.

The median progression-free survival with cabozantinib was 8.3 months vs 3.2 months with placebo among patients with extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Freshta Poupal, RN, and Frannie Bell, NP, share their experiences with teclistamab in clinical practice.

A lung cancer screening navigator offers their perspective on shared decision-making.

An initiative led by nurses helped reduce operating-room pressure injuries and saved their institution an estimated $80,210 per year.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment for patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer.

Holly Chitwood, DNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC, explains how circulating tumor DNA monitoring helps providers screen minimal residual disease in individuals with colorectal cancer.

The Oncology Care Model did not significantly improve care, yet patients were satisfied with their care and many oncologists overcame their hesitancy towards value-based models.

The FDA has approved toripalimab, with cisplatin and gemcitabine, and as a monotherapy, to treat adults with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Patients who received amivantamab plus lazertinib and chemotherapy achieved a median progression-free survival of 8.3 months.

The median progression-free survival was not reached with atezolizumab plus chemotherapy vs 6.9 months in the placebo group of patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Amanda Smith, a registered nurse with Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses the impact that early satiety can have on patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms and the role nurses play in helping patients manage this symptom.