Rose McNulty

The prevalence of severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) has declined in recent decades, but 1 in 17 US adults in a recent analysis had levels of LDL-C that would warrant consideration of pharmacotherapy, and 1 in 48 had high levels of LDL-C that are indicated for medication.

The annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care® (PCOC) meeting returns to Nashville, Tennessee, on November 7-8, bringing oncology stakeholders together for 2 days of discussions and presentations on the rapidly changing oncology care landscape.

A study evaluating disparities among children with acute leukemia found that Black children are more likely to present with higher disease burden at diagnosis compared with non-Hispanic White children.

High glucose variability in children and young adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) strongly predicted slowed nerve conduction velocity, a forerunner of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, in a recent study.

The approval, which is based on results from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-966 trial, marks the sixth indication for pembrolizumab in gastrointestinal cancer.

A report published by the Urban Institute estimates that if the 10 Medicaid nonexpansion states were to implement expansions in 2024, Medicaid enrollment would increase by 5 million people, and 2.3 million fewer individuals would be uninsured

Insurance status is known to be associated with health care access and outcomes, and a recent study found that maternal private insurance is associated with a lower infant mortality rate compared with public Medicaid insurance in the United States.

Investigators found that myeloma cells may lose or change targets and subsequently go undetected by these therapies, suggesting that screening for such changes regularly could help guide treatment.

A study of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma who received ixazomib-based therapy in real-world settings found the treatment effective and tolerable in clinical practice.

Coverage of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine session with Zangmeister Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio.

The phase 4 ANNEXA-I trial was stopped early after showing superior hemostatic efficacy and the capability to limit potentially life-threatening intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with usual care in patients taking oral factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors.

Researchers identified an optimal early relapse time point to incorporate into traditional risk features and formed a novel prognostic classification utilizing both static and dynamic risk.

Melissa Levine, MD, a family medicine specialist at Arizona Community Physicians and medical director for the Abacus Health accountable care organization (ACO), discussed strategies for succeeding in an ACO and how primary care can complement oncology care for patients with cancer.

A pooled analysis with nearly 3 years of follow-up showed better outcomes when zanubrutinib was given in the second line vs later lines of therapy in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

A recent study suggests that more intensive triplet therapy is more effective than less intensive doublet therapy in frail patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM), and that more intensive treatment may even improve frailty itself.

In the overall population of more than 1.3 million US adults, 37% of patients reported being diagnosed with T1D after 30 years, with men and racial or ethnic minorities diagnosed later compared with women and non-Hispanic White adults.

Christine Pfaff, RPh, senior regional director of operations at American Oncology Network, discusses the role of immunotherapy and precision medicine in oncology, as well as considerations for patient safety and financial toxicity when prescribing oncology drugs.

A recent study suggests that a patient’s immune microenvironment plays a key role in the depth and duration of response to multiple myeloma treatment.

Researchers found that patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) may benefit from bridging radiation therapy (RT) ahead of receiving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Recent evidence suggests that neoadjuvant immunotherapy offers a unique opportunity to explore disease mechanisms and identify new biomarkers of immune checkpoint blockade response and resistance, according to the researchers.

The study aimed to determine the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the smartwatch-integrated, do-it-yourself continuous glucose monitoring (DIY-CGM) device from the perspective of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Self-care adherence, family support and functioning, and school support also indirectly affected the relationship between sociodemographic and clinical variables and metabolic control, a study found.

The measure of total DNA in leukemic cells as defined by a DNA index outperformed other criteria for identifying patients with hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and favorable prognosis.

Salvage radiation therapy (RT) showed efficacy in local control of relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) following CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy failure.

In a preliminary analysis of the phase 2 EVOKE-02 trial, the investigational combination regimen showed an objective response rate of 56% in previously untreated patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

In a real-world study using data from patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma between 2009 and 2021, second primary malignancies adversely impacted survival outcomes in the modern era of therapeutics.

The agency's approval of momelotinib marks the first for both newly diagnosed and previously treated myelofibrosis with anemia.

A PET-based radiomics signature was able to predict the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy and performed better than conventional PET biomarkers in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

The findings suggest that reducing sleep timing variability may help improve metabolic control, but the relationship between glucose levels and sleep variability requires further research.

The combination demonstrated durable survival benefits among patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) regardless of PD-L1 expression levels at a minimum follow-up of more than 6 years.