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In the oral chemotherapy setting, pharmacist care exceeded patients’ expectations and helped manage and avoid adverse events (AEs).

In a lecture at the virtual Community Oncology Conference 2020, Christine Roussel discussed some clinical considerations for the use of medical cannabis in patients with cancer.

There are a variety of interventions that can be used to improve survival after a patient reports cancer toxicity following treatment.

An expert panel at the Community Oncology Conference 2020 discussed how COVID-19 is changing the future of community oncology.

Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP, discussed how there are many types of malignancies when it comes to lung cancer, and we need to set this paradigm for our patients in the future.

The era of social distancing will likely leave a lasting impression on telehealth services, as HCPs quickly learn to incorporate it as a valuable tool and adapt to changes.

The current state of oncology is shaping challenges for the future specifically in the areas of telehealth, home infusions, and a surge of new patients that have not been to oncology clinics yet.

Experts discuss what their teams have learned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, during the COA virtual conference.

Solving challenges of the current system is vital to spreading clinical trials into community clinics, which may be increasingly important.

In preliminary data from the trial evaluating dostarlimab, the results demonstrated that the clinical activity in patients with previously treated recurrent or advanced mismatch repair (MMR)-deficient endometrial cancer had an acceptable safety profile.

Treatment of ovarian cancer with poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors has a high out-of-pocket cost for patients, with substantial variation among them, according to a study.

An interview with Debra Richardson, MD, examined the phase 2 study that included niraparib with bevacizumab for patients with either a complete or partial response after upfront chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer.

In a population of patients newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer, researchers demonstrated that therapy is well tolerated among both patients who are BRCA-positive and -negative.

The combination of olaparib plus bevacizumab lead to a potentially meaningful improvement in progression-free survival versus olaparib alone in women with BRCA-mutated newly diagnosed ovarian cancer.

The JAVELIN trial is a randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial comparing avelumab in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone.

In patients with BRCA wild type carcinomas, treatment with veliparib was beneficial even at low homologous recombination deficiency scores compared with carboplatin and paclitaxel.

The addition of pazoparib to gemcitabine enhances anti-tumor activity, particularly for patients with platinum-resistant disease who derived the most benefit from combination therapy, even in the setting of receiving prior bevacizumab.

The JAVELIN trial is a randomized, open-label, phase 3 trial comparing avelumab in combination with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone.

Researchers presented findings in conjunction with the Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2020 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer on the phase 3 VELIA trial studying the safety of veliparib.

The CLIO trial evaluated olaparib single-agent therapy versus standard-of-care chemotherapy in platinum-sensitive recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer.

The objective of the study was to analyze whether USC would be uniquely sensitive to further interference of cell cycle regulation by Wee1 inhibition.

The objective of the study was to find whether niraparib improves PFS in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer after first-line (1L) platinum-based chemotherapy (CT).

XMT-1536, a first-in-class antibody-drug conjugate NaPi2B was well tolerated with no dose-limiting toxicities in patients with ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

However, the magnitude of the progression-free survival (PFS) benefit is greatest when surgery achieved complete surgical debulking, specifically in the upfront setting.

The objective of the study was to analyze whether niraparib improves PFS in patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer after response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

Front-line use of vigil immunotherapy as maintenance in stage 3-4 ovarian cancer was well tolerated and demonstrated relapse-free survival clinical benefit.

Study findings suggest that veliparib added to carboplatin and paclitaxel during combination phase may provide anti-tumor activity versus carboplatin and paclitaxel alone.

Homologous recombination deficiency is not predictive of patient outcomes for veliparib-throughout versus control in patients with BRAC wildtype ovarian carcinomas.

Kirollos Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, explains antibody drug conjugates and their method of action. This video was filmed at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacists Association 2020 Meeting in Tampa, Florida.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients with cancer face specific barriers when seeking medical care, but pharmacists and other medical professionals can take specific steps to reduce the gaps in care.