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VOL 10 NO 6 • AUGUST 2019
This issue's cover depicts highlights from the ASCO Annual Meeting. Photos by © ASCO/Todd Buchanan 2019.EditorialPamela Hallquist Viale, RN, MS, CNS, ANPWelcome to our special issue on highlights from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Annual Meeting held this past June in Chicago. Although the 5-day meeting always has dozens of worthy presentations to learn from, we’ve chosen to focus on some of the more relevant presentations to...
Meeting ReportCarolyn Grande, CRNP, AOCNP®Abstract 3501: IDEA Collaboration Turns to Duration of Adjuvant Treatment in Stage II Colon Cancer
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/171153/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
The findings of the landmark IDEA trial in stage III colorect...
Meeting ReportJennifer L. Glass, PA-C, MSAbstract LBA2: ENZAMET: Addition of Enzalutamide to Standard of Care in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
By The ASCO Post
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/174531/abstract to read the full abstract and view disclosures.
In interim analysis of the international, randomized p...
Meeting ReportJeannette Hammond, PA-CAbstract LBA4505: Enfortumab Vedotin After Checkpoint Inhibition in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/171836/abstract to read the full abstract and view disclosures.
A phase II study found that treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate enf...
Meeting ReportLaura Doherty, FNP-BC, AOCNP®Abstract 5500: Paclitaxel/Carboplatin vs Paclitaxel/Ifosfamide in Carcinosarcoma of the Uterus or Ovary
By The ASCO Post
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/173464/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Results from the phase III NRG Oncology clinical trial GOG-0...
Meeting ReportWendy H. Vogel, MSN, FNP, AOCNP®Abstract LBA1008: MONALEESA-7 Shows Overall Survival Benefit for Ribociclib/Endocrine Therapy
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/174827/abstract to read the full abstract and view disclosures.
The first statistically significant overall survival benefit has been sho...
Meeting ReportElizabeth S. Waxman, RN, MSN, AOCN®, ANP-BCAbstracts 9007 and 9008: Advances in Targeted Therapy for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/174631/abstract and https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/174550/abstract to read the full abstracts and view disclosures.
Targeted therapies for non...
Meeting ReportLisa Kottschade, APRN, MSN, CNPAbstracts 2512 and 2517: Study Finds Immune-Related Adverse Events Herald Benefit With Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Melanoma
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/172423/abstract and https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/172428/abstract to read the full abstracts and view...
Meeting ReportAmy Hacker-Prietz, (1) MS, PA-C, Abby Fuoto, (2) DNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, ACHPN, Nanette Fong, (3) RN, MSN, and P. Andrew Allred, (4) MS, PA-CAbstract LBA4: POLO Trial Shows Maintenance Olaparib Improves Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/174488/abstract to read the full abstract and view disclosures.
In patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer an...
Meeting ReportAmy Pierre, MSN, ANP-BC, and Nancy M. Nix, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP Abstract 8001: Evidence Builds for Treating Smoldering Myeloma
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/172276/abstract to read the full abstract and view disclosures.
In patients with intermediate- to high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, treatment with single-agent lena...
Meeting ReportPamela Hallquist Viale, RN, MS, CNS, ANPAbstracts 10530 and 10503: Discrimination, Gender Bias in Oncology Training and Professional Meetings
By The ASCO Post
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/173416/abstract and https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/173397/abstract to read the full abstracts and view disclosures.
Two studi...
