Oncology

Regularly testing before and during chemotherapy can help physicians determine early on if treatment is working.

Adam Olszewski, MD, associate professor of medicine in Alpert Medical School at Brown University, discusses the role setting has in the care of patients with Burkitt lymphoma.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discusses the findings regarding the efficacy of combining and sequencing liver-directed therapy with systemic therapy.

Study results show that those with lymphoproliferative disorders are the most likely to develop the virus after vaccination.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discusses areas of concern when approaching the combination and sequencing of liver-directed therapy with systemic therapy.

Ten quiz questions to assess your knowledge on common symptoms and treatments for breast cancer.

Durvalumab is a human immunoglobulin G1 kappa monoclonal antibody that binds to PD-L1 and blocks the interaction of PD-L1 with PD-1 and CD80.

Adam Olszewski, MD, associate professor of medicine in Alpert Medical School at Brown University, discusses how the care setting can impact patient outcomes in the treatment of Burkitt lymphoma.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discusses the potential sequencing in the combination of liver-directed therapy with systemic therapy.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discusses the results of combining liver-directed therapy with systemic therapy when treating patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discussed how systemic therapy differs from liver-directed therapy.

Adam Olszewski, MD, associate professor of medicine in Alpert Medical School at Brown University, discusses the rate of treatment-related mortality and the most common causes in the treatment of Burkitt lymphoma.

Gaby Gabriel, MD, program director, interventional radiology residency and assistant program director, diagnostic radiology residency, University of Kentucky, discussed how liver-directed therapy is approached in the treatment of liver metastases in patients with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.

Jameshia Below, PharmD, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy, explains how palliative care can support the cancer treatment process, and how specialty pharmacies can support this type of care.

The company’s decision to take melphalan flufenamide off the market was made after dialogue and interactions with the FDA.

The new drug application submission of parsaclisib (Incyte) was based on data from several phase 2 studies that evaluate the treatment.

Mei Ka Fong, PharmD, BCOP, said oral oncolytics have traditionally always been a major part of the treatment for neuroendocrine tumors.

Clinicians explored at-home monthly injections of somatostatin analogues during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to keep patients out of health care facilities as much as possible.

Experts address cases for and against the use of surgical resection in the treatment of patients with neuroendocrine tumors and liver metastases.

Kaushal Nanavati, MD, assistant dean of wellness and director of integrative medicine and survivorship at the Upstate Cancer Center discusses what the different kinds or research shows about integrative medicine and the potential risk of this treatment.

Surufatinib targets both the VEGF receptor and the CSF1R receptor, which is a unique mechanism of action.

Rodney Pommier, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, provides conclusions based on the prospective study findings investigating the treatment of carcinoid crisis without perioperative octreotide.

Drug dose and monitoring should be individualized based on patients’ unique bone marrow health profile with their age, comorbidities, and prior marrow toxic drug use accounted for.

In addition to the vital clinical role that pharmacists play, Mei Ka Fong, PharmD, BCOP, said pharmacists are essential to ensuring that patients understand their disease and their treatments.

Mei Ka Fong, PharmD, BCOP, said that although many potential adverse events are well understood in patients receiving traditional treatments, there are no studies investigating the sequencing of these agents.

Rodney Pommier, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses what the study results demonstrated regarding treating carcinoid crisis without perioperative octreotide for patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Rodney Pommier, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses what the study results demonstrated regarding treating carcinoid crisis without perioperative octreotide for patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Rodney Pommier, MD, FACS, professor of surgery, division of surgical oncology, school of medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses the selection of the patient populations included in the study of carcinoid crisis with no perioperative octreotide.