Treatment Goals, Side Effects, and Supportive Care Strategies for Patients and Caregivers with HER2+ BC

Opinion
Video

Experts discuss how, discuss patient experiences with an oral chemotherapy regimen, highlighting benefits like treatment autonomy, challenges such as pill burden and gastrointestinal toxicities, and the importance of proactive side effect management and patient education.

Video content above is prompted by the following:

  • What has been your experience with oral regimens and managing toxicities and getting women acclimated to it?

Newsletter

Stay up to date on recent advances in oncology nursing and patient care.

Subscribe Now!
Recent Videos
2 experts are featured in this series.
2 experts are featured in this series.
Image of a woman with gray hair and glasses in front of a blue Oncology Nursing News background
Photo of a woman with blond wavy hair wearing a blazer in front of a blue Oncology Nursing News background
Photo of a woman with shoulder-length blond hair in front of an Oncology Nursing News backdrop
Image of a woman with white hair in front of an Oncology Nursing News blue background
2 experts are featured in this series.
Image of a man in a suit standing in front of a blue Oncology Nursing News backdrop
2 experts are featured in this series.
Image of a woman with shoulder-length black hair wearing headphones and a white sweater
Related Content
Side profile anatomical rendering of a person, with breast tissue and a breast tumor in orange

Vepdegestrant Meets PFS End Point for Metastatic Breast Cancer Subtype

Ashley Chan
March 25th 2025
Article
Blue image of a breast with tissue and a tumor highlighted in orange

KN026-Docetaxel Combo Shows Efficacy, Safety in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

Ashling Wahner
February 17th 2025
Article

Patients with recurrent/metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer experienced durable response and manageable safety from KN026-docetaxel combination therapy.

Simple line illustration of breast tissue on a yellow background

PFS, Tolerability Increase With Lerociclib/Fulvestrant in HR+/HER– Breast Cancer

Roman Fabbricatore
February 10th 2025
Article

Lerociclib plus fulvestrant demonstrated a progression-free survival (PFS) advantage across all patient subgroups with HR–positive, HER2–negative advanced breast cancer.

Simple line illustration on a yellow background of a breast with the tissue illustrated

T-DXd Companion Diagnostic in HER2-Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer Gains FDA Approval

Chris Ryan
February 5th 2025
Article

The FDA has approved a companion diagnostic to determine if patients with HR-positive, HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer are eligible for T-DXd treatment.

Simple white line illustration of a clipboard that says "FDA" at the top, with a checkmark symbol overlapping the clipboard

Oncology Drugs Approved by the FDA in January 2025

Darlene Dobkowski, MA
February 3rd 2025
Article

January's FDA oncology approvals offer new treatment options for breast cancer, mantle cell lymphoma, and other malignancies.

light blue background with a white outline indicating breast tissue

Inavolisib Combo Improves Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer

Courtney Flaherty
February 1st 2025
Article

Inavolisib in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant improved overall survival compared to palbociclib and fulvestrant alone in patients with PIK3CA-mutated, HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.