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Although cancer screening rates and ensuing diagnoses dropped significantly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, testing rates from June 2020 through September 2020 have nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels.

The FDA has granted priority review to the new drug application for the HIF-2α inhibitor belzutifan for the potential treatment of patients with von Hippel-Lindau–associated renal cell carcinoma that does not require immediate surgery.

As more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19, new questions arise, such as: how often should cancer survivors who have been vaccinated against the disease be tested for antibodies?

In this episode of “The Vitals,” an oncology nurse practitioner and certified yoga instructor discusses simple mindfulness strategies that can improve resiliency, leading to fewer feelings of clinician burnout.

While some patients are the exception, most should get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible to do so.

Six indications for immune checkpoint inhibitors granted under the FDA’s accelerated approval process that later failed confirmatory clinical trials are being reassessed as the agency continues an industry-wide evaluation of the pathway.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recently issued guidance on treating patients who have both a diagnosis of cancer and of COVID-19.

One in 7 Caribbean-born individuals with either breast or ovarian cancer had hereditary disease with an actionable pathogenic variant, which provides the opportunity for the utilization of targeted therapeutics and precise prevention strategies.

In the era of COVID-19, building resiliency and reducing burnout are key goals for many oncology nurses. Mindfulness and yoga can help.

Many nurses are overworked and burnt out, but changes in health policy may be a step toward making things better. One expert explains how.

Olaparib and talazoparib didn't show statistically significant improvements in overall survival compared with chemotherapy in certain patients with metastatic breast cancer. However, the results are unlikely to affect the drugs’ utility in practice, given that both agents continue to show favorable tolerability and disease control.

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed for some reflection on the different evolutions that the oncology community went through in response to the many challenges posed by the virus

While nurse burnout is common, there are steps that nurses can take to improve their resiliency and live healthier, happier lives.

The FDA has granted priority review to the new drug application for the novel compound pafolacianine sodium injection for use in the identification of ovarian cancer during surgery.

The FDA expanded the indication for lorlatinib to include the front-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Baseline fatigue levels, prior psychosocial history, and cancer treatment may all affect the fatigue trajectory in women with breast cancer.

Minimal residual disease has helped to predict relapse in numerous leukemia subtypes, with novel testing methods helping to identify the biomarker at a higher sensitivity than ever before.

Although scientific advances in hematology and oncology have been extraordinary, the US health care system faces significant challenges in ensuring that patients receive high-quality, cost-effective care.

Certain patient characteristics correlated with a higher rate of fear of cancer recurrence.

Each month, we take a look back at the most popular Oncology Nursing News® stories. Here are the top 5 stories from February 2021.

This is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be granted emergency use authorization, and is the first single-dose vaccine.

The FDA approved melphalan flufenamide (Pepaxto; melflufen) plus dexamethasone for adults with triple-refractory multiple myeloma.

Up to 50% of patients with B-cell malignancies will relapse on CAR T-cell therapy. Investigators are looking in to new ways to overcome that drug resistance.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to tipifarnib for use in patients with recurrent or metastatic HRAS-mutated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with variant allele frequency of 20% or higher following progressive disease on platinum-based chemotherapy.

The FDA has approved the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx assay, developed by Agilent Technologies Inc, for expanded use in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

While the majority of patients on androgen receptor therapy experienced adverse events, more than a third did not have them resolved.

Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon.

The FDA approved single-agent frontline cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo) for the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a PD-L1 expression of 50% or greater.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has issued guidelines for the management of children with a rare type of kidney cancer referred to as Wilms Tumor, or nephroblastoma.