Oncology

Ryan Nelson, PharmD, discusses the STRIPE Annual Meeting and Consensus Workshop’s focus on unifying pharmacogenetic guidelines across major organizations, such as the FDA, European Medicines Agency, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Despite self-reported improvements in cognitive function, neuropsychological tests showed little differences between 2 patient groups.

Stephanie White, PharmD, CSP, is presenting at the NCODA Fall Summit in Orlando, Florida.

The adjuvant therapy has demonstrated varied efficacy for patients.

These therapies are being investigated in earlier lines, with several new treatments in development.

Benjamin Brown of Standardizing Laboratory Practices in Pharmacogenomics (STRIPE) discusses his own experience as a patient with cancer and how consensus around pharmacogenomic practices can improve the lives of patients.

An overview of current FDA-approved ROS1-targeted therapies.

Ginger Blackmon, PharmD, will discuss enhancing patient cancer care through implementation of medically integrated oncology team and NCODA’s PQI resources.

Pharmacy Times will be at the NCODA Fall Summit in Orlando from October 23 to October 25, 2024.

Endometriosis is a systemic disease that can affect multiple parts of the body, not just the pelvis.

Comprising most cases of this rare form of lymphoma, it is essential that pharmacists and treatment providers are aware of the health-related burdens patients with these subtypes consistently face.

The therapy offers new hope in solid tumor treatment with fewer adverse effects.

There are gonadotoxic risks of chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery that are important to discuss with patients.

Multiple P13K inhibitors have showed promise in treating genetically-mutated forms of breast cancer.

The study was conducted on a small subgroup of Japanese patients with myelofibrosis.

The diagnostic test is a companion to vorasidenib, an isocitrate dehydrogenase inhibitor that received FDA approval this past summer.

Non–FDA-approved medications may be accessed for patient care via 3 alternative pathways: expanded access, the Right to Try Act, and off-label use, which are reviewed in this article.

The story of pinksocks and the inspiring movement that they launched.

In a study, RK-33 demonstrated positive effects against the protein DDX3, which is key in the growth of cancer cells and spreading of disease.

Zolbetuximab is the first approved CLDN18.2-targeted treatment for gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

The tool can detect cell changes and mutations that drive resistance and relapse.

Awareness of uterine fibroids and uterine fibroid embolization can prevent unnecessary hysterectomies, especially in Black women, who are more likely to have uterine fibroids.

This review discusses the significance of the FDA-approved drug inotuzumab ozogamicin in pediatric patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and relapsed/refractory (R/R) ALL, and the evolving therapeutic options in R/R ALL.

Compared with brentuximab vedotin and chemotherapy, nivolumab and chemotherapy had longer progression-free survival and a better safety profile.

This retrospective cohort study provides preliminary evidence for safe removal of mesna from VAdriaC cycles, as the incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis did not increase in patients with Ewing sarcoma who received cyclophosphamide without prophylactic mesna.

HER2-mutant NSCLC is associated with poor prognosis. Zongertinib and BAY 2927088 are HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors that have activity in NSCLC with manageable toxicity profiles.

The KEYNOTE-756 and CheckMate 7FL trials show this combination improves pathological complete response rates in this patient population.

The results indicate the potential use of loncastuximab tesirine as a treatment option for the rare hyperinflammatory condition.