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Chemotherapy administered within 3 months of a diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increased the risk of death in patients with thoracic cancer, according to findings from the global TERAVOLT Consortium registry.

A recent survey highlights the multiple barriers to molecular testing in lung cancer, and solutions to overcome them.

The FDA has given a fast track designation to onvansertib for the second-line treatment of patients with KRAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

The FDA has granted a Fast Track designation to CLR 131 for use as a treatment for patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL)/Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) who have received at least 2 prior treatment regimens.

Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes, MD.

A United States population-based outcome analysis of real-world patients with myelofibrosis who had discontinued ruxolitinib (Jakafi) demonstrated an increase in morbidity burden and identified the risk factors of survival outcomes, according to John O. Mascarenhas, MD.

Pembrolizumab combined with trastuzumab and chemotherapy demonstrated clinical activity in patients with HER2-positive metastatic esophagogastric cancer.

Understanding the implications of age and gender upon safety and efficacy outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma is critical to the delivery of individualized care.

The PARP inhibitor is the first biomarker-driven therapy for this patient population.

The FDA has approved brigatinib (Alunbrig) for the first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDA-approved test.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer, including gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer.

Cancer will not wait for the COVID-19 epidemic to end.

Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the FDA for the use of selinexor (Xpovio) as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma following at least 1 line of prior therapy.

This OncLive® webinar focused on the impact of COVID-19 on oncology nursing care for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. We featured oncology nurse experts, Amy Hillsman, CRNP, and Abigail Smith, CRNP, discussing important topics and considerations for nurses and how they continue to provide the best care for their patients during this time.

The FDA continues to approve new cancer drugs, with multiple treatment regimens getting the agency’s OK within the last week.

Low-intensity surveillance may be comparable to high-intensity surveillance for cancer control in patients with high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC).

The FDA has approved olaparib (Lynparza) for the treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed following prior treatment with enzalutamide (Xtandi) or abiraterone acetate (Zytiga).

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically affected the way that hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is treated, making nurse adaptability crucial in recent months.

From the bedside to the boardroom, nurses are leaders, practitioners, scientists, and transferors of knowledge.

The FDA has approved the single-agent atezolizumab as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who have a high PD-L1 expression and no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.

While aggressive lymphoma such as mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) typically end in relapse, precision medicine and cellular therapies are improving outcomes for patients, according to Michael Wang, MD.

The cancer mortality rate declined more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage than those that didn’t follow the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010, a study found.

People who quit smoking at any time, even up to 2 years before a lung cancer diagnosis, have increased chances of survival after their diagnosis, according to data during a 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program press briefing.

The addition of immunotherapy to the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) armamentarium has led to a paradigm shift and sparked an abundance of research with immuno-oncology (IO) drugs in new combinations and settings, explained Hope S. Rugo, MD.

The FDA has approved ripretinib (Qinlock) for the fourth-line treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).

The FDA approved nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the frontline treatment of patients with metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR or ALK aberrations.

The FDA approved single-agent rucaparib (Rubraca) for the treatment of patients with BRCA1/2-mutant, recurrent, metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.

The FDA approved pomalidomide (Pomalyst) for the treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma, that has become resistant to highly active antiretroviral therapy or for patients with Kaposi sarcoma who are HIV-negative.

The COVID-19 Pandemic has increased the use of video conference technology, but this technology has a lasting impact for caregivers in reducing their anxiety when it comes to continuing visits with patients with cancer.