Category Archives: Cancer and neoplasms

Nurse Addresses Unmet Psychosocial Patient Needs in MPN

Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) experience various symptoms that can affect quality of life, such as fatigues and depression. Acknowledging that patients can benefit from open dialogue based on symptom change, education and different support options is important for care teams to know, according to research published in BMC Cancer. Rebecca Testi, a nurse practitioner […]

Successful treatment of concurrent FL and TNBC

Zhou Zhu,1,2,* Na Zhou,1,* Shuangni Yu,3 Xin Gao,4 Xin Cheng,5 Yingyi Wang,1 Chunmei Bai1 1Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2 4+4 Medical Doctor Program, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s […]

Supporting the Patient’s Psychosocial Needs Throughout MPN Treatment

Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) — a rare form of blood cancer — may lack specific met needs when it comes to psychological care. Providers and caregivers can start by validating patients with MPN to help diminish psychosocial needs, according to Rebecca Testi, MSN, APN, APN-G, Hackensack Meridian Health. “I think education is really key […]

Daily Dose: Next Generation Cologuard for Colorectal Cancer Detection

©New Africa/AdobeStock Patient Care brings primary care clinicians a lot of medical news every day—it’s easy to miss an important study. The Daily Dose provides a concise summary of one of the website’s leading stories you may not have seen. Last week, we reported on findings presented at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) 2023 […]

A Phase 1 Study of BDTX-4933 in People With Advanced Lung Cancer

Full Title A Phase 1, Open-label Study of Oral BDTX-4933 in Patients with BRAF and Other Select RAS/MAPK Mutation Positive Neoplasms Purpose Researchers want to find the best dose of BDTX-4933 to use in people with advanced lung cancer. The people in this study have non-small cell lung cancer that has a mutation (change or […]

Patient Priorities in Cancer Research

“Historically, decision-making in cancer research – how the resources are allocated, and what questions are answered – has been driven by the opinions of researchers and clinical experts. But can we assume that the priorities of researchers are necessarily the same as those of patients? And should research funders do more to ensure that patients’ […]

American Thyroid Association® Announces New Board of Directors

Newswise — Michael McDermott, MD, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and Director of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Practice at the University of Colorado Hospital, began a one-year term as American Thyroid Association President and Christopher McCabe, PhD, Prof. Professor of Molecular Endocrinology, Metabolism and Systems […]

Nouscom’s Off-the-Shelf Cancer Vaccine, NOUS-209, Shows Potential to ‘Intercept’ Cancer in Subjects with Lynch Syndrome

Lynch Syndrome is a common hereditary condition associated with a genetic predisposition to and high-risk of developing colorectal and other cancers Phase 1b trial evaluating NOUS-209 monotherapy in Lynch Syndrome subjects being run in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute Initial data selected as a Late-Breaking Oral Abstract Presentation at the Society for Immunotherapy of […]