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Late-Breaking HOPA News: Navigating the Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage and Its Toll on Oncology Care

Ashley Jones, PharmD, BCOP; Sanja Zepcan, PharmD; and Emily Rux, PharmD, BCOP, discuss the impact of current nationwide IV fluid shortages.

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Oncology Stewardship Practice in the United States: A Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association National Survey

A recently published survey looks to gain insight on the current landscape of oncology stewardship in the United States.

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

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

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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Late-Breaking HOPA News: CAR-T Approval Updates

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)

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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Late-Breaking HOPA News: Severe Hypocalcemia in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease on Denosumab Therapy

Originally approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk for fractures, denosumab is now frequently used in the management of hypercalcemia of malignancy and to decrease skeletal-related events for certain cancer patients

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: T-cell Malignancies with CAR T-cell therapy

In November 2023, the FDA announced their investigation of reports of T-cell lymphomas from clinical trials and post-marketing adverse event data sources for CAR T-cell immunotherapies. In January 2024, the FDA issued Safety Labeling Change notification.

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: EV-302 and CheckMate 901 Trials and Other Genitourinary Studies

In October of 2023, several practice-changing presentations about genitourinary cancers were made during the annual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: COMMANDS Study for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

The COMMANDS study was a phase 3, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Patients were eligible for enrollment if they were 18 years or older, diagnosed with very low risk, low risk or intermediate risk MDS, ESA-naïve, and requiring red blo

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Late-Breaking HOPA News: RUBY5 and NRG GY018/Keynote-868 Trial

The use of molecular classification within endometrial cancer has continued to evolve with the incorporation of biomarker-driven therapy .

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Make Great Strides in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

STRIDE presents an alternative first-line choice for patients with unresectable HCC with a manageable side effect profile and a 22% reduction in risk of death over sorafenib