Current Issue
VOL 13 NO 8 • Nov/Dec 2022
This issue’s cover illustration depicts a hand with a blood draw against the background of a blood vessel. The artery shows fragments of DNA from tumors (indicated in upper left of image). The color coding indicates that DNA fragments are located in the plasma of the separated blood draw. Artwork by Alexandra Webber Baker © 2022, DNA Illustrations, Inc., Asheville, North Carolina.EditorialBeth Faiman, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN®, BMTCN, FAAN, FAPOThe 2022 JADPRO Live conference was held in person from October 20 to 23 in Aurora, Colorado. I was excited to finally see peers I had only met virtually throughout these past 2 years. Numerous advanced practitioner–designed sessions on solid tumors and hematologic malignancies were held. Notable...
EditorialFaith Mutale, DNP, CRNPImproving diversity in cancer clinical trials is critically important to improve patient outcomes. The lack of diversity in clinical trials continues to be a concern among policymakers, including stakeholders such as trial investigators, advocacy groups, and consensus groups like the Oncology Nur...
Research and ScholarshipDana McDaniel, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AOCNP®Approximately 268,600 cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in the United States in 2019 (National Institutes of Health, 2019). Improvement in prevention, detection, and efficacious treatment translates to more women surviving breast cancer. In the US, there has been a significant increa...
Research and ScholarshipDan Beverly Fu,(1) DNP, MBA, NP-C, Xiao-Tang Kong,(1) MD, PhD, Tener Goodwin Veenema,(2) PhD, MPH, MS, Daniela A. Bota,(1) MD, PhD, and Binu Koirala,(3) PhD, MGS, RNSeizures are common initial symptoms among patients with a brain neoplasm (Chandra et al., 2017). It is common practice to administer prophylactic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) to patients undergoing brain tumor resection to prevent seizure activity during surgery (Chandra et al., 2017; Kong et al.,...
Review ArticleGretchen Suk, DMSc, PA-CThe National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data estimate 130,180 lung cancer deaths in the United States in 2022. The American Cancer Society estimates approximately 236,740 new lung cancer cases in 2022. Approximately 85% of these cases will be non–small cel...
Review ArticleNeda Alrawashdh,(1,2) PhD, PharmD, Ali McBride,(3) PharmD, MS, BCPS, Mok Oh,(1) PhD, PharmD, Nimer Alkhatib,(1) PhD, PharmD, Christopher Lee,(4) PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA, Jennifer Martin,(5) MA, Karen MacDonald,(6) PhD, RN, and Ivo Abraham,(1,3,6) PhD, RNSevere chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) is a major dose-limiting toxicity associated with myelosuppressive regimens. Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is classified as grade 4 when the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is < 500/µl and grade 3 for ANCs < 1,000/µl but > 500/µl. Febrile ...
Grand RoundsHolly Kinahan, MSN, ANP-C, AOCNP®Case Study
A 76-year-old man from Florida was diagnosed in 2018 with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma consistent with a lung primary after his hairdresser noted a lesion on the left parieto-occipital skull. This prompted him to seek medical attention, initially undergoing CT of the brain ...
Practice MattersMiranda Osborne,(1) MSN, RN-BC, CEN®, Amy Rettig,(2) DNP, MALM, APRN-BC, Amy Lindsey,(2) MS, APRN-CNS, PMHCNS-BC, Kris Mathey,(2) MS, APRN-CNP, AOCNP®, Loraine Sinnott,(3) PhD, and Diana McMahon,(2) DNP, MSN, RN, OCN®Preparing new graduates for nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA) roles in oncology requires formal orientation and education for a successful transition (Alencar et al., 2018). Most graduate programs in the country prepare NPs and PAs, part of the advanced practice provider (APP) w...
Diagnostic SnapshotAmandine Ndje, MS, MBA, APRN, FNP-C, and Jacqueline B. Broadway-Duren, PhD, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCHistory
Mr. Jones is a 68-year-old male with a rare leukemia called blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) who was recently treated with a CD123-directed cytotoxin, tagraxofusp (Elzonris; SL-401). He presents to the emergency center with fever (38.4°C), headaches, a transient nosebl...
EditorialIn this last issue of the year, we would like to acknowledge the 85 reviewers who completed peer reviews for JADPRO in the past year. Our reviewers practice in a range of oncology specialties and professions and dedicate their time and expertise to provide thoughtful, constructive feedback. Their...
