In this episode of “The Vitals,” Sri Kota, MSN, BA, RN, OCN, reflects on nurse-specific takeaways from SABCS 2021, exciting changes in the breast cancer space, and the importance of patient education in the face of new regimens.
For this episode of The Vitals, Oncology Nursing News® spoke with Sri Kota, MSN, BA, RN, OCN, a nurse clinician with the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, about important updates in the breast cancer treatment paradigm for nurses to consider.
The increasing availability of options for patients with metastatic disease is exciting, said Kota, with promising drugs such as fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) and sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy) continuing to make waves in the field.
“[There] is something to look forward to,” she said. “The pipeline looks great.”
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