Understanding the Significance of Nilotinib's New Formulation
April 10th 2025Panelists discuss how the new FDA-approved formulation of nilotinib offers significant advantages over the original version by eliminating fasting requirements, potentially improving patient adherence while maintaining efficacy and reducing the risk of toxicity-related complications such as glucose metabolism issues, elevated cholesterol, and pancreatitis.
How Has the CML Treatment Landscape Evolved Over the Past 5 Years?
April 10th 2025Panelists discuss how chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment has evolved over the past 5 years, highlighting advancements in tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, improved adverse effect management, tailored treatment approaches through molecular monitoring, and increased emphasis on shared decision-making with patients.
Managing Early HER2+ mBC: Patient-Centered Approaches and Evolving Treatment Strategies
Experts discuss how, it is crucial to approach treatment strategies with both compassion and transparency. It is important to explain the complexity of the situation and maintain clear and accessible language when discussing treatment strategies with patients and their families.
Experts discuss how, there is a role for SRS in treating brain metastases such as if a patient were to have a large singular brain metastasis that is causing symptoms such as seizures of neurological decline, that SRS could be a warranted treatment.
Evolving Treatment Strategies in Early HER2+ Breast Cancer
Experts discuss how, nearly half of patients diagnoses with HER-2 positive metastatic brain cancer do develop brain metastasis. It is thought that larger molecule treatments such as the monoclonal antibodies likely do not cross an intact blood brain barrier which is often why patients develop brain metastases
Bridging Communication Gaps: Comprehensive Care for Upper GI Cancer Treatment
Experts discuss how to facilitate open communication among the patient, caregivers, and the multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care and alignment on treatment goals.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Managing Treatment-Related AEs in Upper GI Cancer
Experts discuss how they collaborate with oncologists, nutritionists, and other specialists to manage complex cases involving advanced disease and treatment-related adverse effects (AEs) and the role of the multidisciplinary team in addressing specific patient needs, such as nutritional deficits, pain management, or psychosocial challenges.
Managing Symptoms and Quality of Life During HER2-Targeted Therapy for Upper GI Cancer
Experts discuss how to manage fatigue, abdominal pain, and other treatment-related symptoms to maintain or improve quality of life for patients undergoing HER2-targeted therapy and share strategies for supporting patients with declining performance status (eg, ECOG performance status [PS] 2) in balancing treatment efficacy with daily functioning.
Experts discuss how, discuss patient experiences with an oral chemotherapy regimen, highlighting benefits like treatment autonomy, challenges such as pill burden and gastrointestinal toxicities, and the importance of proactive side effect management and patient education.
Experts discuss treatment options for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer following progression on trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), weighing real-world data on tucatinib-capecitabine-trastuzumab versus T-DM1, considering factors such as resistance mechanisms, administration preferences, and side effect management.
Toilet Cover May Significantly Reduce Aerosol Exposure in Hospital Bathrooms
Published: March 23rd 2025 | Updated: March 24th 2025Seth Eisenberg, ASN, RN, OCN, BMTCN, explained his research on a toilet cover for oncology nurses to potentially reduce exposure to infectious pathogens and hazardous drugs.
Managing Adverse Events With Trastuzumab Deruxtecan: Early Detection and ILD Monitoring Strategies
Experts discuss the most common adverse events associated with trastuzumab deruxtecan, how to effectively identify and manage them to minimize treatment interruptions, and how to monitor and address interstitial lung disease (ILD), a known potential adverse effect of trastuzumab deruxtecan.