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Selma Khenissi, MPS: Hello. Welcome to Oncology Data Advisor, your leading source for oncology news. I am Selma Khenissi from i3 Health. We are here today with Dr. Kelly Brassil, PhD, RN, Advanced Practice Nurse at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She'll be discussing patient-reported symptom data and its positive effect on survival, including for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Welcome, Dr. Brassil. Dr. Kelly Brassil, PhD, RN: Thank you for having me today. Se...
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Despite the many obstacles associated with treating and managing patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the ongoing study of several novel agents has the potential to significantly improve the outcomes of these patients in the coming years. In this interview, Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Phoenix, Arizona, discusses strategies to optimize th...
Merkel cell carcinoma is a skin cancer where the Merkel cells grow out of control. In this excerpt of the transcript from their continuing medical education/nursing continuing professional development (CME/NCPD)–approved activity, Update on Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Advanced Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Shailender Bhatia, MD, Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine,...
In the following interview, Dr. Paul Richardson, the Clinical Program Leader and Director of Clinical Research of the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses some important factors in the development of drugs to target "the queen of immunological cancers," multiple myeloma, and why this disease is difficult to cure. Recently, he led the development and ...
Follicular lymphoma is a disease that affects 2.7 per 100,000 individuals each year, with a five-year survival rate of 89.7%. It is the most common subtype of indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; about 22% of newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases are follicular lymphoma. The development of novel therapies offers new treatment options for patients living with follicular lymphoma. In this interview...
In 2021, an estimated 76,080 new cases of kidney cancer will be diagnosed. Among those cases, the majority will be renal cell carcinomas (RCC). In this excerpt of the transcript from their continuing medical education/nursing continuing professional development (CME/NCPD)–approved activity, Expert Guidance on New Advances in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Bradley McGregor, MD, Clinical Director of the Lank...
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is one of the most common cancers, comprising 4% of all cancers in the United States. Although non-Hodgkin lymphoma can occur at any age, more than half of all patients are 65 years old or older. Efforts are ongoing to find new and better ways to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In this interview, Maria Badillo, MSN, RN, OCN®, CCRP, a Research Nurse Manager at The University ...
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Follicular lymphoma, an indolent, difficult-to-treat B-cell malignancy, is complicated by evolving disease subtypes. Patient outcomes can be hampered by the failure of the multidisciplinary team to establish consensus on the optimal timing, schedule, and length of follicular lymphoma treatment. In addition, the rapid pace of research makes it difficult to stay abreast of the latest and most clinic...
Lung cancer is diagnosed in approximately 235,760 individuals in the United States each year, and 131,880 people die of the disease annually. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which accounts for 84% of these cases, has a dismal 5-year survival rate of 18%, and most patients will develop progressive disease within 5 months of their final cycle of first-line classical doublet chemotherapy. The use...
Myeloproliferative neoplasms, including myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, and essential thrombocytopenia, affect approximately 13,000, 134,000, and 148,000 individuals in the United States, respectively. Due to difficulties in identifying the disease, low disease prevalence, a complicated symptom profile, differences in patient and provider perspectives regarding symptom burden and treatment goals...
A shortfall in knowledge in the use of biomarkers and patient-related factors for the personalization of treatment for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma was identified in the baseline data collected from i3 Health's continuing medical education (CME)–approved visiting faculty meeting series titled New Thinking, New Strategies in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma, led by Arjun V. Balar, MD, A...
When patients with hematological malignancies do not receive referrals for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), they may face a risk of poorer outcomes. Common reasons behind this lack of referrals include provider confusion over eligibility criteria for HSCT, overestimation of the risks associated with transplant, and confusion regarding the benefit of HSCT. This educational gap regarding t...
Of all women diagnosed with cancer in the United States, 30% have breast cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in this group. Many women have benefitted from regular screening as well as earlier and improved treatment; however, 6% of women present with metastatic disease, and 30% with no initial lymph node involvement will develop metastatic disease. Women with metastatic breas...
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Friday, July 23, 2021
Selma Khenissi, MPS: Hello. Welcome to Oncology Data Advisor, your leading source for oncology news. I am Selma Khenissi from i3 Health. We are here today with Dr. Kelly Brassil, PhD, RN, Advan...
Thursday, July 22, 2021
The FDA has granted regular approval to pembrolizumab (Keytruda®, Merck), in combination with lenvatinib, (Lenvima®, Eisai), for patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is not microsatellite...
Monday, July 19, 2021
The FDA has granted approval to belumosudil (Rezurock™, Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, LLC), for adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after failure of...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Despite the many obstacles associated with treating and managing patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, the ongoing study of several novel agents has the potential to significantly improve the ou...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The FDA has granted approval to daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj (Darzalex Faspro®, Janssen Biotech, Inc.) in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with multiple myeloma who h...
