i3 Health's study focusing on the effectiveness of a nursing continuing professional development (NCPD)–approved activity to improve clinicians' knowledge of the individualized treatment of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has been published as a 47th Annual Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress online abstract. The abstract, authored by Elizabeth Heller, PhD; Keira Smith, BA; Kristin Wright, PharmD; and Sarah Williams, MAT, of i3 Health, and Maria Badillo, MSN, RN, OCN®, CCRP, Researc...

An educational live and enduring activity provided by i3 Health has demonstrated significant learning outcomes for treatment of patients with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The live activity, which was presented virtually at the 4th Annual GLAONS Oncology Care Summit, used a competitive, team-based "game show" format to explore the latest strategies and expert perspectives in treatment of patients with advanced NHL, including subtypes of follicular lymphoma (FL) and chronic lymphocytic leu...

The FDA has granted approval to zanubrutinib (Brukinsa®, BeiGene) for the treatment of patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM). "Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibition is an emerging standard of care for WM," wrote Constantine Si Lun Tam, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRCPA, Professor at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Australia, and colleagues, in their publication of the ASPEN study results (NCT03053440), on which the approval was based. "ASPEN is a randomized phase 3 study comparing zanubru...

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 of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, talks about the challenges and strategies involving the nursing ...

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta®, Kite Pharma, Inc.) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including the combination of an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody and an alkylating agent. An indolent form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is not generally curable, FL is considered a chronic disease. Therefore, people living with FL often require second-line therapies after their di...

Waldenström macroglobulinemia is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder, with an estimated 1,500 new cases reported in the United States each year. This malignancy, which accounts for 2% of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic bone marrow infiltration and the presence of serum monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM). It is important for health care professionals involved in the care of patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia to remain up to date in their knowledge of risk stra...

Complete surgical resection prior to immunochemotherapy may benefit patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) under the age of 60, according to results from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 PETAL trial. Unlike the treatment of solid tumors, the treatment of lymphoma focuses almost exclusively on systemic therapy. Surgical resection is generally only performed for diagnostic value, and little evidence exists regarding its impact on outcomes for patients with lymphoma. "Modern imaging ...

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have become the first to successfully develop mature, cancer-killing T cells in a laboratory setting. The immune system's T cells fight infections; they also have the ability to fight cancer. Therapies that involve genetically engineering a patient's own T cells with a receptor that helps the T cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells have tremendous potential for certain types of cancer. One of these therapies is CAR T-cell ther...

Researchers report that glyphosate, the herbicide commonly found in Roundup® (Monsanto Technology, LLC), which is used as a pesticide on produce, significantly increases the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in humans. "Our analysis focused on providing the best possible answer to the question of whether or not glyphosate is carcinogenic," remarked the senior author of the paper, Lianne Sheppard, PhD, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Biostatistics at th...

Glyphosate-based herbicides, such as Roundup®, are widely used in the United States in crops, gardens, and lawncare. Luoping Zhang, PhD, MS, Adjunct Professor at University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues revealed in a study that exposure to glyphosate increases an individual's chance of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In this interview with i3 Health, Dr. Zhang shared insights about the implications of exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides and recommendations for avoiding expos...