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Virtual reality headsets can be used to reduce anxiety in patients with cancer undergoing treatment and as an educational tool for nurses learning how to have difficult conversations with patients.

Bispecific antibodies that engage T cells are an effective treatment modality in relapsed/refractory disease and are an important new treatment for relapsed large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients with castration-sensitive prostate cancer treated with apalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy experienced improvements in prostate-specific antigen progression-free survival.

Patients with stage III epithelial ovarian cancer treated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy plus interval cytoreductive surgery had improved progression-free survival and overall survival.

Fast track designation has been granted by the FDA to vepdegestrant for the treatment of select patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Difficult conversations in cancer pain management should include core values and principles, setting realistic expectations, and building the patient-client relationship from the very beginning.

Patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated with belantamab mafodotin plus bortezomib and dexamethasone experienced a significant improvement in PFS compared with daratumumab plus bortezomib and dexamethasone.

Oncology practices can create more access to care by leveraging the use of APPs, empowering nurses to practice at the top of their licensure, utilizing nurse navigators, and planning ahead.

Patients with advanced gastric cancer treated with second-line fruquintinib/paclitaxel experienced significant improvements in progression-free survival but not overall survival when compared with paclitaxel alone.

With a new approval for elacestrant, patients with ER+/HER2–, ESR1-mutated metastatic breast cancer have an oral alternative to fulvestrant.

The FDA received a sBLA that is seeking approval of D-VRd for the treatment of transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

A recent study found that a 2.5-mg dose of olanzapine was noninferior to the 10.0-mg dose to control nausea/vomiting in patients with solid tumors treated with chemotherapy and was able to reduce daytime drowsiness from the drug.

FDA granted a fast-track designation to the TROP2-directed ADC BNT325/DB-1305 for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

Patients with BRCA-, ATM- and CDK12-mutated mCRPC treated with frontline olaparib plus abiraterone acetate experienced delays in disease progression and improved outcomes.

The FDA granted efineptakin alfa an orphan drug designation, deeming it a potential treatment option for pancreatic cancer.

Subsequent therapies in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who were censored from primary overall survival follow-up from the ARASENS trial, according to a post hoc sensitivity analysis, confirmed the overall survival benefit derived from darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel.

An sNDA seeking approval for alectinib received priority review from the FDA, which, if approved, will be indicated to treat patients with early-stage ALK-positive NSCLC after surgery.

Favorable ECOG performance status and less advanced disease may predict which patients with metastatic colorectal cancer might have long-term remission when treated with regorafenib.

An expert discussed how approaching the stigma around lung cancer in an empathetic way may be the tool to help eliminate disparities around screening for the disease.

Nurses can help promote a feeling of dignity in older patients with cancer by monitoring psychological distress.

A priority review has been granted by the FDA to trastuzumab deruxtecan for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive advanced solid tumors.

Social support in patients with cervical cancer has the ability to provide patients with answers to some unknowns, and nurses can play a role in helping patients find this type of support.

After radical prostatectomy, patients with prostate cancer treated with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone and apalutamide had improved outcomes without a significant impact on their health-related quality of life.

Consuming navy beans daily as a dietary intervention may contribute to the health of the body's microbiome.

First-line treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab for patients with microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer can be considered a standard-of-care option based on results from the phase 3 CheckMate-8HW trial.

Researchers determined that the phase 3 EVOKE-01 trial failed to meet its primary end point of significantly improved OS with sacituzumab govitecan in patients with pretreated non-small cell lung cancer compared with docetaxel.

Treatment with belzutifan for advanced/metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma delayed worsening symptoms and improved quality of life.

Researchers did not observe any grade 3 or 4 adverse events with darolutamide with androgen deprivation therapy for 6 months followed by radical prostatectomy in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer.

All patients enrolled in the EV-302 trial with previously untreated, locally advanced, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma obtained a survival benefit with enfortumab vedotin-ejfv plus pembrolizumab.

Cabozantinib plus atezolizumab may be a new treatment option for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer whose disease progressed on novel hormonal therapy.