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An oncologist discusses the scary unknowns of COVID-19.

Oncology nurses made it a point to get to know Barbara Bigelow, a breast cancer survivor, while she was getting treatment. To her, that made a big difference.

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, discusses COVID-19 (Coronavirus) risk in patients with cancer and the elderly.

Some patients with breast cancer might be apprehensive to undergo genetic testing, but it is crucial both for them and their family members. Lauren Carcas, MD, medical oncologist at the Miami Cancer Institute, discusses some main points nurses can make to these patients to encourage them to get tested.

Some metastatic breast cancer data is not available. And some patients choose not to know it.

Healthcare value has been defined as outcomes divided by costs, but it's not always that simple, especially in treating patients with cancer, explained Stuart L. Goldberg, MD, Chief, Division of Outcomes and Value-Based Care at the John Theurer Cancer Center and associate professor of medicine at Seton Hall School of Medicine.

Electronic medical records (EMRs) are crucial for nurses to track adverse events and other important information for patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy, explained Andrea Price, APN, associate director for clinical research at Washington University School of Medicine.

There are concerns when a patient undergoes a cytoreductive nephrectomy after immunotherapy or targeted therapy that nurses should be aware of.

Nurses are key when it comes to treating patients with prostate cancer who are being given radium-223.

The results of genetic testing could change a patient's treatment regimen.

Cell-free DNA could be the next big breakthrough in detecting gastrointestinal cancers, according to Brian M. Wolpin, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, and director of the Hale Family Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer.

There are socioeconomic and ethnic disparities in young adults who receive a diagnosis of colorectal and gastric cancers, according to Amir Khan, MD, from City of Hope.

The FDA's recent approval of olaparib for BRCA-positive pancreatic cancer is improving outcomes for many patients.

Supplements are well-tolerated (and can be beneficial) to patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to a small study.

Combining ovarian suppression and an aromatase inhibitor is an efficacious treatment method for premenopausal women with breast cancer. However, the regimen (which is given long-term) can cause some major adverse events, explained Dawn L. Hershman, MD, MS, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Do a head-to-toe scan when discussing adverse events for melanoma treatment, says a nurse practitioner.

The future of melanoma treatment will include many combinations, explained Mario Sznol, MD, professor of medicine and co-leader of cancer immunology at the Yale Cancer Center.

Frequent communication between patients and providers is key in getting ahead of adverse events that can occur during breast cancer treatment, explained Madeline Kuiper, MSN, RN, OCN, an oncology nurse practitioner at UCLA.

While the regimen was overall well tolerated, there are some adverse events for nurses to look out for.

There are 3 major immunothearpy agents in the melanoma space. Hear one expert talk about them.

Myeloma therapies continue to improve, and maybe one day there will be a cure, says one expert.

Minimal residual disease status could cause patients undue stress.

It is important that nurses talk with their patients about what kind of adverse events to expect while being treated for HER2-positive breast cancer.

Nurses play a key role in treating patients with myeloma.

Patients who develop immunotherapy-related colitis tend to have better outcomes, so it is important to get them back on treatment as soon as possible.

As immune checkpoint inhibitors begin to reshape how to treat patients with cancer, understanding treatment-free survival as an endpoint in clinical research can better characterize the effects of the treatment.

The first-in-human trial for tebentafusp findings are in, and they show promise for managing a patients side effects to it.