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The FDA has approved durvalumab for patients with advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancers. The immunotherapy comes with warnings for immune-related adverse events and infusion reactions.

Findings of a retrospective analysis of patients with multiple myeloma showed that the median duration of treatment with daratumumab was 16.6 months.

Best management strategies for vancomycin infusion reactions may include premedication, infusion-rate adjustment, and, in some cases, alternative antibiotic therapy.

In this episode of "The Vitals," Sarah Donahue, MPH, NP, AOCNP; Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN; Theresa Wicklin Gillespie, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN; and Elizabeth Prechtel-Dunphy, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, exchange clinical pearls for treating patients receiving antibody-drug conjugates.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to establishing patient-reported outcome measures, according to Hayley Beer, RN.

Sotorasib is often associated with a high rate of hepatotoxic events, most of which are from elevated liver enzymes. However, a lead-in dosing strategy may help address this adverse event and improve patient tolerability.

Each month, we take a look back at the most popular Oncology Nursing News® stories. Here are the top 5 stories from August 2022.

A post hoc analysis from the phase 2 DREAMM-2 trial highlighted the ocular toxicity risks that belantamab mafodotin poses for patients with multiple myeloma.

Younger women who underwent endoscopies had a reduced risk of colorectal cancer incidence, according to findings of a prospective cohort study.

An observational study found no association between single-agent vaginal estrogen therapy or menopausal hormone therapy and increased risk of recurrence or mortality in patients with breast cancer.

Starting patients with unresectable or metastatic renal cell carcinoma on a reduced dose of VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy did not compromise survival outcomes.

A combination of niraparib plus ipilimumab were associated with a 6-month PFS rate of 59.6%, whereas a combination of nivolumab plus the PARP inhibitor yielded a rate of 20.6%.

Investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are developing a virtual frailty assessment, which combines both patient-reported outcomes and standardized performance measures.

Pemigatinib has received FDA approval for relapsed or refractory myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms and FGFR1 rearrangement. Patients receiving pemigatinib will require monitoring for ocular toxicities and high phosphate levels.

Daniel J. Verina, DNP, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, highlights optimal adverse event management with CD38- and SLAM-F7-directed monoclonal antibodies, XPO-1 inhibitors, and CAR T-cell therapies.

Ibrutinib is now an FDA-approved treatment for patients aged 1 year or older who have chronic graft-versus-host-disease. Prescription warnings include bleeding and cardiac problems, infections, high blood pressure, a decrease in blood cell count, and tumor lysis syndrome.

Through patient education tactics, oncology nurses can help patients with multiple myeloma mitigate the oral and dermatologic toxicities associated with talquetamab.

When combined with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, galunisertib induced complete response rates surpassing rates achieved with standard-of-care therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer.

In 17 years, the mortality rate for Black women with breast cancer has not changed.

Rucaparib may be a viable maintenance therapy option for patients with DNA repair–deficient positive, metastatic urothelial cancer who are unlikely to benefit from avelumab immunotherapy.

Paula Anastasia, RN, MN, AOCN, underscores the value of genetic testing in personalizing treatment decisions in ovarian maintenance therapy.

Advanced practice providers play a critical role in increasing palliative care referrals.

A study presented at the 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer explored the experiences of patients who received checkpoint inhibition therapy for non–small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has granted olaparib plus abiraterone priority review status for the indication of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Entering the words nutrition and cancer into Google returns as many as 718 million hits. With an overabundance of opinions, it can be challenging to separate fact from fiction.

Debi Fischer, MSW, BSN, BA, LCSW, RN, discusses the potential limitations of hiring agency nurses on understaffed surgical oncology units.

At the international congress on the Future of Breast Cancer West, Hope S. Rugo highlighted the predictive value of residual cancer burden scoring in ongoing research efforts to tailor triple-negative breast cancer treatments.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses ongoing research with oral SERDs, such as elacestrant, and highlights what these agents could represent for patients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer.

Hearing loss for cancer survivors is largely underreported, but once identified, is easily treatable, according to Christine Miaskowski, PhD, RN.

Leslie Smith, DNP, RN, APRN-CNS, BMTCN, AOCNS, discusses new therapies and treatment selection in the lymphoma landscape.