Managing Neurotoxicities in CAR T: Clinical Approaches and Patient/Caregiver Education
This video segment explores the challenges of managing neurologic toxicities, including ICANS, in CAR-T therapy, highlighting monitoring strategies, tools for early detection, and approaches to communicating risks with patients and caregivers.
Video content above is prompted by the following:
- Neurologic toxicities, including ICANS, present unique challenges: How do you monitor for and manage these events in your practice?
- What tools or assessments do you use to detect early signs of neurotoxicity?
- How do you explain these risks to patients and their caregivers?
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
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