Advancing Cervical Cancer Care: Navigating New Therapies, Guidelines, and Patient-Centric Approaches

Delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer often leads to poor prognosis and lower survival rates, especially in advanced stages. Recent therapeutic advancements, including immune-checkpoint inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), offer new hope for managing advanced cervical cancer….

Livestream: MEK Inhibitors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Nursing Contributions to NF1-PN Management

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) treatment options and management strategies are evolving, and the multiplicity of clinical manifestations, both near- and long-term, makes diagnosis and management of the disease complex. The development of plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) further…

MEK Inhibitors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Nursing Contributions to NF1-PN Management

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) treatment options and management strategies are evolving, and the multiplicity of clinical manifestations, both near- and long-term, makes diagnosis and management of the disease complex. The development of plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) further…

Treating Metastatic HER2-negative Breast Cancer: Oncology Nursing Approaches to Improve Patient Quality of Life

The therapeutic landscape for HER2-neg metastatic breast cancer (HER2-neg MBC) is rapidly changing with the addition of antibody drug-conjugate (ADC) therapies.  As a result, clinicians are not confident or knowledgeable in applying emerging clinical data to…

MEK Inhibitors in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Latest Advances and Real-world Applications in NF1-PN Management

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) treatment options and management strategies are evolving, and the multiplicity of near- and long-term clinical manifestations makes diagnosis and management of the disease complex. The development of plexiform neurofibromas (PNs) further negatively…

Emerging Considerations for the Role of Biomarker-Driven Immunotherapy in Upper GI Cancers

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are often undetected until late stages, leading to a poor prognosis. Treatment may be delayed or inappropriately assigned due to a lack of robust biomarker testing. To optimize patient outcomes, oncology clinicians…

Advancing Cervical Cancer Care: Navigating New Therapies, Guidelines, and Patient-Centric Approaches

Delayed diagnosis of cervical cancer often leads to poor prognosis and lower survival rates, especially in advanced stages. Recent therapeutic advancements, including immune-checkpoint inhibitors and ADCs, offer new hope for managing advanced cervical cancer. However, there…

The Promise of Folate Receptor Alpha-Targeting ADCs for Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer typically responds well to initial platinum-based chemotherapy treatment. However, most tumors subsequently relapse and eventually become resistant, for which the prognosis is poor and no therapeutic options which have shown substantial OS benefit. Further,…

Emergency Care of Patients with Cancer Receiving CAR T-cell and Bispecific Antibody Immunotherapies Experiencing Serious Adverse Events

As the use of immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer expands, emergency medicine (EM) clinicians will need a further understanding of their mechanisms of action (MOAs) to better guide diagnosis and treatment of patients who present…

Advancements in the Management of Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Malignancies – Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes

Despite advancements in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), resistance and recurrence occur frequently and mutations might develop during treatment. Given the diverse range of treatment side effects,…