Oncology

A variety of strategies can help increase patient adherence to oral chemotherapy.

Peptide-targeted radionuclide therapy FAP-2286 (Clovis Oncology) showed potent affinity for human fibroblast activation protein by biochemical and cell-based assays.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA director of pharmacy at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute, discusses the pharmacists role in care teams for targeted therapies at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting.

Poster at AACR highlights in vitro and in vivosynthetic lethality activity of rucaparib in multiple cancer cell types and PDX tumors that harbor genetic or epigenetic alterations in non-BRCA HRR genes.

Study finds that health care providers need to reinforce the importance of annual mammograms among patients who survived breast cancer.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, pharmaceutical formulary manager at Mayo Clinic, discusses biosimilar usage in health systems and challenges that come with it.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the barriers patients with cancer may experience that oncology pharmacists can help them navigate through.

Medication reconciliation and pharmacist counseling are crucial to clinical management of patients with hematologic malignancies.

Study captures the immune effect of the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in patients with plasma cell disorders and blood cancers.

Jim Schwartz, RPh, executive director of pharmacy operations for Oncology Pharmacy Services, discusses his presentation at the Community Oncology Alliance 2022 conference on the new world of oral cancer drug dispensing.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Eric Tichy, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FAST, FCCP, Vice Chair of Pharmacy/Formulary at Mayo Clinic, discusses some formulary trends in biosimilars at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting.

Alpelisib is the first FDA-approved treatment for PROS, which is a range of rare conditions characterized by overgrowths and blood vessel anomalies.

Pharmacy workflow changes in the preparation of chemotherapy products can reduce patient chair time.

Sirolimus is the first topical treatment to gain FDA approval for facial angiofibroma associated with tuberous sclerosis complex.

Oncology and specialty treatments advance alongside care.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) approved for patients with large B-cell lymphoma that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or relapses within 12 months of first-line chemoimmunotherapy.

Sarah Wheeler, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist in Hematology/Oncology at UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, discusses some of the barriers that patients with cancer may encounter following their diagnosis.

Session at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association Annual Conference 2022 focuses on methods to improve emotional exhaustion among pharmacists and other health care providers.

With risk stratification, up to 60% of individuals with chronic myeloid leukemia who are low-risk sustain treatment-free remission.

Rucaparib (Rubraca) significantly improved progression-free survival when administered as maintenance treatment in newly diagnosed patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

We see today far more clearly the impact of health care inequality, which can directly affect patient access to care, specifically oncologic care.

Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), discusses key highlights from the in-person COA 2022 conference.

These include progression-free survival, time to treatment failure, and time to tumor progression, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.

21-gene profiling is also preferred for patients with 1 to 3 pathologically positive lymph nodes, according to a presentation at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association conference.

Pharmacist interactions provide significant benefits for patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with oral oncolytics.

Christy S. Harris, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, clinical pharmacy specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses guidelines for common therapies and appropriate monitoring recommendations for selected therapies used in the treatment of adult sarcomas.

Heidi D. Finnes, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, president-elect of Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), discusses ways to address burnout in the hematology/oncology space.

FDA to evaluate New Drug Application for futibatinib in the treatment of patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma.