Nurses Compare Tactics in Transplant-Ineligible Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
December 18th 2023During 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.
POSITIVE Study Findings Shift Conversations on Pregnancy in ER+ Breast Cancer
January 6th 2023Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN, weighs in on how findings from the POSITIVE study may change dialogue surrounding pregnancy for women with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer who wish to pause adjuvant therapy.
Addition of Abemaciclib to Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy Prolongs Survival in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
September 25th 2022For patients receiving an aromatase inhibitor for hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, the addition of abemaciclib doubled median progression-free survival vs placebo.
Nursing Perspectives on Managing Toxicities With ADCs in Metastatic Gastric and Breast Cancers
September 1st 2022In this episode of "The Vitals," Sarah Donahue, MPH, NP, AOCNP; Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN; Theresa Wicklin Gillespie, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN; and Elizabeth Prechtel-Dunphy, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, exchange clinical pearls for treating patients receiving antibody-drug conjugates.
Expert Discusses Best Practices for Managing Breast Cancer–Related Toxicities
March 14th 2022Charles L. Loprinzi, MD, discusses the efficacy of agents like gabapentin and olanzapine to combat breast cancer treatment-related pains and speaks to the future of nonestrogenic toxicity management within this space.
Race, Socioeconomic Factors May Impact Survival Outcome in Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
July 31st 2021African American, Asian, and Hispanic patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer displayed superior survival outcomes compared with White patients, indicating that race might be linked with survival in this disease.