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Because immune-related adverse events can be hard to diagnose, patient education and clear avenues of communication with an oncology care team are critical, according to investigators at the 2022 Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference.

Pediatric oncology nurses and social workers routinely collaborate not only in the biopsychosocial assessment of families’ psychosocial needs and distress, but in developing interventions that can improve a patient’s and family’s quality of life while in pediatric cancer treatment and in survivorship.

The ideal model for promoting effective shared decision-making involves tailored caregiver education, adequate time before treatment, and use of multidisciplinary support.

Brexucabtagene autoleucel, a CAR T-cell therapy approved in 2021 for relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, showed efficacious results and promising safety data at 2-year follow-up.

Mirvetuximab soravtansine (IMGN853) has been granted priority review by the FDA for the treatment of patients with FRα-high, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer who have previously received between 1 and 3 systemic therapies.

Arndt Vogel, MD, PhD, discusses a post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial which found tremelimumab plus durvalumab to be superior to sorafenib in improving overall survival.

Phase 3 findings from the AEGEAN trial demonstrated that adding durvalumab to platinum-based chemotherapy regimens improved pathologic complete response and major pathologic response among patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

In this episode of The Vitals, Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO, recounts highlights from the 2022 ASCO Symptoms and Survivorship track and underscores key takeaways for practitioners seeking to enhance the delivery of cancer survivorship care.

Ribociclib was associated with significantly favorable symptom-related quality of life scores compared with abemaciclib among women with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

The FDA has approved crizotinib as a therapeutic option for patients with unresectable, recurrent, or refractory ALK-positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors.

Understanding various clot characteristics and bleeding risk factors can help providers carefully manage acute venous thromboembolism.

Patients receiving bevacizumab plus olaparib to treat newly diagnosed ovarian cancer experienced significantly longer time without signs of toxicity compared with placebo.

Nivolumab, whether in combination with ipilimumab or as a monotherapy, was associated with improved overall survival, progression-free survival, and melanoma-specific survival, compared with ipilimumab in advanced melanoma.

A single-center study evaluated the efficacy of saline flush in pediatric patients with central venous access devices.

An expert of gastrointestinal oncology with the Henry Ford Cancer Institute discusses the developing presence of targeted treatments in the pancreatic cancer treatment paradigm.

Patients with breast cancer who experience adjuvant hormone therapy (AHT)-related hot flashes and are treated for hot flashes at the beginning of therapy had worse outcomes than those who did not.

A subgroup analysis found that the addition of durvalumab to chemotherapy resulted in maintained overall survival benefit in patients with advanced biliary tract cancer, regardless of primary tumor location.

Data from the phase 2 MOUNTAINEER trial showed durable responses with tucatinib plus trastuzumab for patients with previously treated metastatic HER2-positive colorectal cancer.

The way in which cancer research is funded is an understudied area of health disparities, says Suneel Kamath, MD.

Engagement with patient-reported outcome assessments, digital education tools, and patient portal information highlighted disparities in care according to data from community practices.

Facility characteristics at community-based breast imaging facilities may be linked to screening disparities across ethnic and racial groups.

Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD, discusses the expanded access second-line lisocabtagene maraleucel affords patients with large B-cell lymphoma.

Dexamethasone sparing in cisplatin-based chemotherapy did not impair global health status, although it did worsen nausea and appetite loss.

Gretchen McNally PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP, discusses the potential impact advanced practice providers and nurses could have in the opioid pandemic if the correct educational opportunities were available.

The expansion of screening criteria is an important step in decreasing lung cancer screening disparities in high-risk populations. Efforts to expand community outreach, overcome logistical barriers, and facilitate screening adherence must still be made, experts say.

Laura J. Zitella, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, presents a case study of a patient receiving chemotherapy for osteosarcoma who begins experiencing shortness of breath.

Nurse navigators may play a key role in mitigating toxicities from chemotherapy and perform geriatric assessments for patients treated at hematology/oncology clinics.

Ilene Galinsky, BSN, MSN, ANP-C, discusses the evolution of targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia treatment, and how venetoclax plays into the treatment paradigm.

The NCCN guidelines have been amended to include trastuzumab deruxtecan for use in patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer and sacituzumab govitecan for use in patients with triple-negative breast cancer or hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative disease.

Investigators have identified that zanubrutinib may improve the subpar health-related quality of life for patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.