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Findings presented at the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium described some possible avenues for artificial intelligence to be useful in breast cancer care.

Most biomarkers in subgroups of patients with treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma without del(17p) derived benefit from zanubrutinib vs bendamustine plus rituximab.

The introduction of CAR T-cell therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma is considered one of the most significant advancements in the past decade.

At a median 39 months of follow-up, zanubrutinib reduced the risk of disease progression by 32% compared with ibrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

"Differential diagnoses in patients with bicytopenia—particularly those with preserved platelets—are broad and require careful physical examination."

Brexucabtagene autoleucel was associated with a 91% overall response rate among patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion must be a centerpiece of nursing recruitment and retention.

An oncology nurse said he wants patients to tell them about all their symptoms, so that they can get to the root of what is important and plan treatment accordingly.

For patients with gynecologic cancer for whom platinum-based chemotherapy is no longer effective, antibody-drug conjugates are an exciting second-line option.

During a Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Beth Faiman, Phd, CNP, and participants discussed the use of combination therapies, including daratumumab, as frontline therapy for patients with transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.

Acalabrutinib, whether as monotherapy or as part of a combination, demonstrated superior progression-free survival outcomes compared to obinutuzumab and chlorambucil.

Patients with multiple myeloma are living longer; therefore, their lifelong treatment expenses can become burdensome.

The overall response rate with ibrutinib plus venetoclax was 82% vs 74% with ibrutinib plus placebo.

The FDA has granted approval to enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.

The 4-year progression-free survival rate with daratumumab, bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone was 84.3% vs 67.7% with just bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone.

The FDA has approved belzutifan to treat patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have already undergone PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor and a VEGF tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Beth Finley-Oliver, MSN, ARNP, AGNP-BC, recaps part of her presentation from the 2023 JADPRO meeting about caring for patients with high-risk multiple myeloma.

Compared with CAR T-cell therapy, autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation lowered relapse and progression rates in relapsed large B-cell lymphoma.

Eflornithine (Iwilfin) received FDA approval to reduce the risk for relapse in pediatric and adult patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, making it the first therapy to reduce risk for relapse in children with the disease.

The FDA has granted priority review to mirvetuximab soravtansine for folate receptor α (FRα)–positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer.

The rate of minimal residual disease negativity at 21 months was 77% among patients who received isatuximab-irfc, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone.

Kristin Daly, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP, explains how providers approach staging and treatment decision-making in head and neck cancer.

Leah Shaw, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC; and Jessica Deinert, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, share their clinical pearls in managing treatment-related adverse events in prostate cancer care.

A new targeted therapy showed promising response rates in pediatric and adult patients with relapsed/refractory KMT2A rearranged acute leukemia.

Overall, 65.9% of patients who received the combination of pelabresib and ruxolitinib demonstrated a 35% or greater reduction in spleen volume by week 24.

A priority review of nivolumab plus cisplatin-based chemotherapy as a frontline treatment option for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma is underway.

Adding navitoclax to ruxolitinib improved spleen volume reduction, but not total symptom score in patients with myelofibrosis.

The use of pirtobrutinib following covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy may be an important sequencing approach in chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, according to recent research.

Remote patient monitoring following CAR T-cell therapy may reduce costs while allowing nurses to maintain a close eye on patient parameters, although more research is needed to refine the process of alerting virtual nurses of potential issues.

The 5-year event-free survival rate was 81.3% with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab/chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab, compared with 72.3% in those who received placebo/chemotherapy plus placebo.