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An expert presenting at the Society of Hematology Oncology 2021 Annual Conference shared important updates in polycythemia vera (PV) treatment and weighed in on the direction of future treatment.

Data presented at the 2021 ESMO Congress suggest that pembrolizumab in addition to chemo with or without bevacizumab may become new standard of care in the frontline setting of cervical cancer treatment.

Obese men are more likely to have improved overall survival following treatment for mCRPC than man who are overweight or normal weight, analysis finds.

Interim findings presented at the 2021 ESMO congress suggest that tisotumab vedotin plus frontline carboplatin and second-/third-Line pembrolizumab may be a suitable treatment option for recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer.

Characteristics such as low positive PD-L1 expression and rare high positive staining were identified in both patients with VHL-mutated and VHL wild type clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with endometrial cancer and high tumor mutational burden experienced superior overall response rates to the agent dostarlimab than patients with low mutational burden.

Patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer often undergo prolonged treatment periods, making the safety profile of therapies like darolutamide an important factor in optimum treatment selection.

Yoga has a positive impact on the vagus nerve, which influences how people think, remember, and feel, and therefore can improve the mental well-being of patients with prostate cancer.

Patients with progressed multiple myeloma experienced deep and durble responses through CAR T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel therapy.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are at an increased risk for infection.

Treating patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms in accelerated phase (MPN-AP) remains an ongoing challenge as there are still no standard therapeutic approaches, says an expert.

Updates from the ongoing S1619 trial suggest that a triplet combination regimen of neoadjuvant cisplatin, pemetrexed, and atezolizumab is effective and tolerable in the treatment of patients with resectable pleural mesothelioma.

Due to the favorable efficacy and safety profiles of daratumumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone, researchers speculate that the combination may become the new standard of care in multiple myeloma treatment.

Patients with myeloma and a negative MRD may be at a reduced risk of mortality and other progression-free survival events.

Patients with both COVID-19 and malignant pleural mesothelioma showed high rates of hospitalization and mortality.

While survival rates in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia remain around 90%, researchers are optimistic that the use of targeted therapies and immunotherapies will continue to improve treatment options.

International lung cancer clinical trial sites reported that flexibilities in time and place were effective strategies to mitigate COVID–19-related patient concerns and to increase participation.

Selectively targeting the EGFR exon insertion mutations was associated with improved outcomes in patients with previously treated non-small cell lung cancer.

Chronic graft-versus-host disease management has continued to advance in recent years, with new and anticipated treatment options for its treatment landscape.

Kelly Garvin, BSN, RN, OCN, discusses the impact of CAR T-cell therapy on patients and how nurses care for them, as well as her expectations on how indications will grow.

Kelly L. Garvin, BSN, RN, OCN, discusses what changes she hopes to see in CAR T-Cell therapy treatment over the coming years.

Patients with non-small cell lung cancer driver mutations respond better to targeted treatments compared to chemotherapy, yet less than half of these patients receive next generation sequencing.

The continued development of KRAS G12C inhibitors for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer shows that researchers are making breakthroughs in the treatment landscape.

“If you're an oncology nurse, you will have patients with immunotherapy–which is why we want to make sure that we are really familiar with these side effects.”

Although the use of CAR T-cell therapies are associated with potentially serious adverse events, the treatment provides patients whose disease has failed to respond to previous treatments with hope, according to Kelly Garvin, BSN, RN, OCN.

Recently approved combination therapies have contributed to significantly improved survival rates in renal cell carcinoma.

Proper training can help oncology nurses act as intensivists and quickly identify if their patients are experiencing any CAR T-cell therapy-related adverse events.

“We want to make sure we can provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time,” says Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP, OON.

With a newfound abundance of available oral cancer therapies, it has become necessary for oncology nurses to ensure that their patients are adhering to treatment.

Teresa Knoop, MSN, RN, AOCN, says it is important for oncology nurses to understand the naming convention of biosimilars as it is an important aspect of anticipating adverse events.