Experts examine the case of a previously healthy woman, aged 32 years, presented to the oncology clinic with a 6-month history of left-breast tumor, mastalgia, and swollen axillary nodes.
A panel of expert pharmacists provides their perspectives on gene therapy agents such as exagamglogene autotemcel in the management of sickle cell disease.
Panelists discuss how sacituzumab shows significant efficacy in triple-negative breast cancer, with improved progression-free and overall survival. It demonstrates particular benefit in pretreated patients and brain metastases cases. Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) excels in HER2-positive breast cancer treatment, showing remarkable response rates and survival benefits, including in patients with brain metastases and those who progressed on prior therapies.
Jagoda Misniakiewicz, PharmD, discussed implementing fruquintinib into clinical practice and how it's mechanism of action compares with others in the space.
This review article written by Meghana Kesireddy, MBBS and Matthew A. Lunning, MD, reviews management and treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.
A multidisciplinary panel of health care professionals and a patient advocate comment on their excitement about novel therapies in the pipeline for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
Robert Stuver, MD, and Zachary D. Epstein-Peterson, MD, spoke with CancerNetwork® about a review article on the treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma published in the journal ONCOLOGY®.
Fareed Khawaja, MBBS, and colleagues provide a comprehensive overview of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and safety among patients with cancer in the United States.
CancerNetwork® spoke with Vivek Subbiah, MD, during the virtual American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2021 to discuss the most important data to come out of the meeting regarding therapy for tumors harboring KRAS mutations.
The recent Hot Topics section focuses on survival rates for patients with cholangiocarcinoma.
The panelist summarizes the major findings from MARIPOSA-2 and their conclusions about amivantamab regimens improving outcomes in osimertinib-resistant NSCLC.
American Oncology Network, LLC (AON) recently announced the appointment of James Gilmore, PharmD, as the organization’s Chief Pharmacy & Procurement Officer.
An ongoing trial assessing neoadjuvant mirvetuximab soravtansine plus carboplatin in advanced folate receptor α–positive ovarian was reviewed by Jhalak Dholakia, MD, at The Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2022 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a disease marked by high rates of mortality, with only about 7% of patients surviving 5 years after diagnosis. Here, the authors present a demonstrative case and review the available data on hereditary and familial PDAC.
Panelists discuss how unmet needs and future directions for GPRC5D bispecific therapy include improving accessibility, managing long-term safety, and exploring combination strategies to enhance treatment efficacy.
This article discusses the potential implications of using checkpoint inhibitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rituximab-subcutaneously is associated with significantly reduced chair time vs rituximab-intravenously in a US oncology setting. Widespread adoption would be expected to improve practice efficiency and patient access to care, and to reduce health care resource burden.
The panel concludes its discussion with insights on practices for educating health care teams on CAR T-cell therapy administration, highlighting the evolving role of advanced practice providers.