Commentary|Articles|July 10, 2026

GLP-1s in Oncology: Nursing Insights and Breast Cancer Survivorship

Experts explore the clinical promise, nursing implications, and access barriers of GLP-1s in cancer care.

For Patricia Jakel, MN, RN, AOCN, an oncology nurse consultant and co-editor in chief of Oncology Nursing News, the struggle with weight gain was not a matter of willpower, but biology. Like many patients who are diagnosed with lobular breast cancer, Jakel found that the very treatments saving her life were also working against her metabolic health.