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VOL 12 NO 6 • AUG 2021
This issue’s cover illustration depicts highlights from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting. EditorialBeth Faiman, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN®, FAANWelcome to our special issue on highlights from the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Annual Meeting, which was ASCO’s second virtual meeting. Taking place from June 4 to 8, 2021, the ASCO Annual Meeting connected around 42,700 attendees from 138 countries to discuss the latest ...
Meeting AbstractAmy Pierre, MSN, ANP-BCAbstract 100: Community-Based Engagement Initiative Improves Accrual of Black Participants in Clinical Trials
By The ASCO Post Staff
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196644/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
A 5-year community outreach and engagement effor...
Meeting ReportSheeba Cantanelli, MPAS, PA-CAbstract LBA1: OlympiA Trial: Adjuvant Olaparib Extends Disease-Free Survival in BRCA-Mutated Early Breast Cancer
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196707/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Adjuvant therapy with the PARP inhibitor olaparib ...
Meeting AbstractElizabeth S. Waxman, RN, MSN, AOCN®, ANP-BCAbstract 8500: Atezolizumab Reduces Risk of Disease Progression in Patients With PD-L1–Expressing Early-Stage NSCLC
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/195950/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Atezolizumab given after chemotherapy to patient...
Meeting AbstractLisa Kottschade, APRN, MSN, CNPAbstract 9501: High-Dose Interferon or Ipilimumab vs Pembrolizumab for High-Risk Resected Melanoma
By The ASCO Post Staff
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/195948/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Patients with high-risk melanoma who had a course of pembro...
Meeting AbstractNina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®Abstract LBA4001: Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy and Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab as First-Line Treatment for Patients With Advanced Esophageal Cancer
By Jo Cavallo
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/195919/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
The first results from...
Meeting AbstractMorgane C. Diven, PharmD, BCOPAbstract LBA4: VISION Trial: Novel PSMA-Targeted Radiotherapy Improves Outcomes in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196661/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Lutetium-177–PSMA-617 (LuPSMA)—an investigational radi...
Meeting AbstractEmily Lemke, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP®Abstract LBA5: KEYNOTE-564: Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Extends Disease-Free Survival in High-Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma
By Alice Goodman
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196683/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Adjuvant pembrolizumab following surgery signific...
Meeting AbstractLaura Doherty, FNP-BC, AOCNP®Abstract LBA3: OUTBACK: No Benefit for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Cervical Cancer
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196619/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
In women with locally advanced cervical cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy adds no ben...
Meeting AbstractAbby Fuoto, DNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, ACHPN and Mee-young Lee, MSN, ANP-BCAbstract LBA2: Novel Monoclonal Antibody Emerges as Potential First-Line Standard in Nasopharyngeal Cancer
By Caroline Helwick
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196620/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
A new first-line standard of care may be emerging for ...
Meeting AbstractAmber B. Koehler, PA-C, MS, P. Andrew Allred, MS, PA-C, and Donna Catamero, ANP-BC, OCN®, CCRCAbstract 7500: First Results of a Head-to-Head Trial of Acalabrutinib vs. Ibrutinib in Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
By JADPRO Staff
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/201554/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
In the first head-to-head tria...
Meeting AbstractJosh Epworth, ARNPAbstract 103: Results of a Restrictive Opioid Prescription Protocol for Patients With Cancer Undergoing Surgery
By Jo Cavallo
Visit https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/196633/abstract to read the full abstract and view author disclosures.
Seeing an opportunity to safely reduce the number of op...
