Rick Maffei

The following article features coverage from ONS Bridge 2020. Click here to read more of Oncology Nurse Advisor‘s conference coverage.  

News coverage from the ONA Navigation Summit 2020 virtual meeting.

The following article features coverage from the 2020 ONA Virtual Navigation Summit. Click here to read more of Oncology Nurse Advisor‘s conference coverage. In addition, the original presentation is available for on-demand viewing and CNE credit until September 2021, click here to access.  

[Blood and Lymphatic Cancer: Targets and Therapy] Although this retrospective analysis determined that ibrutinib was not associated with higher mortality in older patients with CLL, it did find greater intolerance with an increased number of early deaths in elderly patients treated with ibrutinib.

[Cancer Management and Research] This study explores the preference of colorectal cancer patients for port catheters (PCs) through comparing the costs and complications between peripherally inserted central venous catheters and PCs.

[Cancer Management and Research] This retrospective observational study sought to describe the characteristics and clinical outcomes of nosocomial infections in hospitalized patients with GI cancer.

[Lung Cancer: Targets and Therapy] A review of neuroendocrine tumors of the lung and treatment rationale, as well as an in-depth review of the use of everolimus for the treatment of these tumors.

July/August 2020 Digital Issue Click here to flip through this digital issue.

[Cancer Management and Research] A review of past and ongoing trials using ipilimumab-nivolumab combination therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Three risk factors were found to be predictive of infectious complications in older patients with gastric cancer undergoing surgical resection.