All Hands on Deck in Cervical Cancer Care: Screening, Treatment, and Equity Strategies to Improve Patient Lives

The reduced incidence of cervical cancer over the past few decades was primarily due to robust screening guidelines and vaccinations. However, despite the proliferation of screening programs, the diagnosis of cervical cancer is associated with inefficiencies…

ADCs in HR+/HER2- mBC: Managing AEs

Patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (mBC) who receive antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have a unique spectrum of adverse events (AEs) that can lower quality of life (QoL). Patients and caregivers rely on health care providers for…

ADCs in HR+/HER2- mBC: Guidelines and Expert Consensus

The rapid evolution of the HR-positive/HER2-negative treatment landscape has led to multiple revisions of clinical practice guidelines. Health care practitioners are challenged to consider the most current data while fine-tuning therapy selections, but also to incorporate…

ADCs in HR+/HER2- mBC: Clinical Trial and Real-world Data

The HR-positive/HER2-negative treatment landscape is rapidly evolving with the introduction of novel antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapies for patients who have developed resistance to endocrine-based therapy. This shifting paradigm effectuates uncertainty for health care practitioners regarding ADC…

Navigating New Waters for Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

Patient prognosis for endometrial cancer (EC) is highly benefited by molecular profiling, and national and international guidelines robustly recommend its integration into practice. Characterization of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) status identifies clinically significant molecular subtypes. This…

Advancements and Applications of Antibody Drug Conjugates in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

 Patients with triple negative and HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer have limited treatment options after the development of endocrine resistance. This dearth of options is particularly acute for Black women and other marginalized patients, and results in treatment…

Transforming Metastatic Breast Cancer Management: Harnessing the Power of Antibody-Drug Conjugate Therapies

Patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and those with HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer after the development of endocrine resistance, have limited treatment options. Black women are diagnosed more often with TNBC and feel the lack of treatment…

Guiding Light: Oncology Nurses’ Vital Role in Supporting Patients Through CLL Therapy

More than 200,000 people in the United States are living with a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) diagnosis, and it is responsible for approximately 4,410 U.S. deaths each year. The treatment landscape for CLL has changed dramatically…

Cancer-Associated VTE: Balancing Risk and Reward with Modern Anticoagulation

Reducing barriers to adequate anticoagulation for patients with cancer improves outcomes for those with cancer-associated venous thromboembolisms (CA-VTEs).  Advances in cancer treatments and the resulting improvements in patient survival have led to an increase in the…

The Ever-Changing Options for the Treatment of CLL

The treatment landscape for CLL has changed dramatically in the past 10 years. With three approved BTK inhibitors, and several more on the horizon, choosing which agent to use in the first-line continues to present a…