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Investigators are seeking to overcome barriers to help patients with acute myeloid leukemia achieve complete and durable remissions by focusing their attention on novel agents engineered to target adhesion factors.

A post-hoc efficacy analysis of KEYNOTE-048 found that CPS scores were linked to immunotherapy efficacy in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

In this episode of “The Vitals,” Hamid Emamekhoo, MD, discusses the evolving treatment landscape of kidney cancer.

The PARP inhibitor, niraparib, in conjunction with the VEGF inhibitor, bevacizumab, resulted in encouraging responses from patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Caitlin Benda, MBA, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, a clinical oncology nutritionist supervisor at American Oncology Network, comments on different ways oncology nurses can assist patients in reaching their overall caloric intake.

The disparate use in telemedicine between White and Black patients warrants further exploration into compound cases, such as economic and societal factors.

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, principal investigator of the phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-046 trial, highlights the importance of relatlimab/nivolumab’s recent FDA approval in melanoma.

Childhood cancer survivors may benefit from high-risk obstetric care despite being able to conceive and give birth safely.

Together, the associations stated that, like many other nurses following this case, they were hoping for a different outcome.

Charles E. Geyer, MD, FACP, discusses dosing strategies and adverse event management with olaparib.

Two healthcare professionals with Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) Phoenix, a comprehensive care and research center recently recognized with Magnet® distinction, discuss the importance of transparency in nursing satisfaction and engagement.

Data collected with patient-reported outcomes show that pembrolizumab, with or without bevacizumab, is associated with a favorable toxicity profile in effectively treating women with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer.

Whether administered as an immune primer or concurrently with extended field chemoradiation, atezolizumab demonstrated efficacy in triggering T-cell clonal expansions and prolonging progression-free survival in patients with cervical cancer.

Oncology Nursing News® speaks with Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, principal investigator of the phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-046 trial, about the significance of the relatlimab/nivolumab approval for patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Findings from the KEYNOTE-091 trial showed that patients with non–small cell lung cancer who were treated with pembrolizumab following complete resection and chemotherapy had a 24% decreased risk of recurrence compared with a control arm.

Oncology Nursing News® speaks with the Charles E. Geyer, MD, FACP, an investigator with the phase 3 OlympiA trial to better understand the significance of olaparib’s approval and to determine what oncology nurses need to know about the new agent.

Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 is now FDA-approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have already received androgen receptor pathway inhibition and taxane-based chemotherapy.

Selinexor demonstrated impressive efficacy in extending progression-free survival among patient with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, particularly among patients with wild-type p53 endometrial cancer.

The PARP inhibitor demonstrated impressive overall survival benefit in patients with BRCA-mutated, HER2-negative, high-risk early breast cancer.

Investigators hope that the novel obecabtagene autoleucel, a second-generation CAR T-cell therapy may fill an unmet need by representing a durable treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

New research shows that women are at an increased risk of developing an adverse event following cancer therapy compared with their male counterparts. This risk is particularly elevated among patients receiving immunotherapy.

The ongoing FLORA-5 trial will assess whether the addition of oregovomab to a standard chemotherapy regimen will improve progression-free and overall survival in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

The doublet regimen of relatlimab/nivolumab has been approved for adults with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

La-Urshala Brock, FNP-BC, CNM, RNFA, discusses effective toxicity management for patients with breast cancer receiving pembrolizumab.

Radiotherapy treatment has continued to evolve to become both shorter and faster in potentially curing prostate cancer.

Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma have multiple effective frontline treatment options.

Duvelisib, a dual PI3K-δ,γ inhibitor, is now listed as a category 2A designated option for second-line and subsequent treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines.

A Yale Cancer Center expert offers a quick glance at the metastatic urothelial cancer treatment landscape.

In this episode of “The Vitals,” Caitlin Benda, MBA, MS, RD, CSO, LDN, discusses important dietary considerations for patients with cancer.

Sheila L. Ridner, PhD, RN, FAAN, provides an overview of bioimpedance spectroscopy and how the simple design allows for standardized subclinical lymphedema surveillance in breast cancer survivors.