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Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician: Impact of a New Role on Pharmacy and Patient Metrics at a Large Academic Cancer Center

September 20, 2024

A recently published article details the impact of having an inpatient clinical oncology pharmacy technician program.

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Oncology Pharmacy Staffing Survey Across Practice Settings in the United States

September 19, 2024

The results of a recently published pharmacy staffing model survey has brought new insights into oncology pharmacy operations across the country.

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Pharmacist's Application
to Practice: Nogapendekin
alfa inbakicept-pmln

August 27, 2024

Devan Parker, PharmD, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident and Juliana Leedy, PharmD, MS, Clinical Oncology Pharmacist, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama writes about nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln.

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: CAR-T Approval Updates

July 22, 2024

CAR-T approval updates show the treatment moving up the rung in Multiple Myeloma and breaking ground in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: Adjuvant Alectinib in Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

June 12, 2024

In April 2024, the FDA approved alectinib (Alecensa®) in patients with early-stage ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on the ALINA trial.

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Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Tislelizumab-jsgr

May 21, 2024

Kristine Pisikian, PharmD, PGY-1 Pharmacist Resident and Caroline Quinn, PharmD, BCOP, Specialty Clinical Program Director at Prime Therapeutics write about Tislelizumab-jsgr.

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Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Repotrectinib

January 25, 2024

Christopher L. Cornett II, PharmD PGY1 Acute Care Pharmacy Resident Anne E Hitron, PharmD, MS, MBA, BCOP ,Oncology Pharmacy Specialist, Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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Trifluridine–Tipiracil and Bevacizumab in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

May 04, 2024

The data from this trial confirm that FTD–TPI plus bevacizumab is an effective treatment option for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer, irrespective of mutational status, which side the tumor is on, and whether patients have previously

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Oncology Pharmacy Staffing Survey Across Practice Settings in the United States

September 19, 2024

The results of a recently published pharmacy staffing model survey has brought new insights into oncology pharmacy operations across the country.

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Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Hepzato Kit™

January 11, 2024

Lainey Vargo, PharmD, PGY2-Oncology Resident Katie Murto, PharmD, BCOP and Crystal Heise, PharmD, BCOP WVUH Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Amivantamab plus chemotherapy with and without lazertinib in EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC after disease progression on osimertinib: primary results from the phase III MARIPOSA-2 study

October 23, 2023

Amivantamab–chemotherapy improved PFS and intracranial PFS versus chemotherapy.

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Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Technician: Impact of a New Role on Pharmacy and Patient Metrics at a Large Academic Cancer Center

September 20, 2024

A recently published article details the impact of having an inpatient clinical oncology pharmacy technician program.

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Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Momelotinib

January 11, 2024

Diana Mansour, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Charles M Gallagher, PharmD, PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident; Kelsea Seago, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, allfrom WVUH Hospitals, write about Momelotinib.

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Osimertinib with or without Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC

November 23, 2023

First-line treatment with osimertinib–chemotherapy led to significantly longer progression-free survival than osimertinib monotherapy among patients with EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC.

Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
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Late-Breaking HOPA News: Adjuvant Alectinib in Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

June 12, 2024

In April 2024, the FDA approved alectinib (Alecensa®) in patients with early-stage ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on the ALINA trial.