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AJMC Q&A with Eileen Peng, PharmD | Background image credit: ipopba - stock.adobe.com

The Role of Pharmacists Expands Beyond Dispensing for Novel Cancer Therapies: Eileen Peng, PharmD

By Laura Joszt, MA
Eileen Peng, PharmD

May 21st 2025

The advent of novel cancer care therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy and bispecific antibodies is transforming the role of pharmacists in enhancing patient care.

Future validation studies with a larger sample size are warranted to ensure the technique will be useful in a clinical setting. | Image credit: Artur Wnorowski - stock.adobe.com

Novel, Noninvasive Skin Cancer Detection Method Shows Promise

By Jared Kaltwasser

May 18th 2025

FDA Approved | Image credit: chrisdorney – stock.adobe.com

Teliso-V Approved to Treat Advanced NSCLC With High c-Met Protein Overexpression

By Hayden E. Klein

May 14th 2025

While CTCs were identified regardless of disease stage, the current study identified large variations in the presence of CTCs between nonmetastatic and metastatic disease | Image Credit: Innovative Creation - stock.adobe.com

Flow Cytometry Can Reliably Identify CTC in Melanoma

By AJMC Contributor

May 14th 2025

Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center | Image credit: RWJBarnabas Health

New Jersey’s First Freestanding Cancer Hospital Opens in New Brunswick

By Pearl Steinzor

May 14th 2025

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Amy Berman, RN, Discusses the Importance of Patient-Centered Care in Oncology

January 20th 2015

Amy Berman, RN, Discusses the Importance of Patient-Centered Care in Oncology

For people who have cancer, patient-centered care is particularly important because their life is changing, said Amy Berman, RN, BS, senior program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, who also has stage 4 breast cancer.

January 20th 2015

ASCO Declares CLL Regimens Cancer

In it's report, "Clinical Cancer Advances 2015: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer," published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 4 newly approved treatments for CLL were predicted to have a dramatic impact on patients with the disease.

January 20th 2015

Potential New Cancer Biomarkers Discovered

The study conducted at the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology studied IncRNAs and their role in cancer.

January 20th 2015

Bigger Regulatory Challenges in Diagnostics Than in Therapeutics, Industry Expert Says

Mary K. Caffrey

January 20th 2015

Best of ASH Presentations: Platelets, Lenalidomide for MDS, and Sorafenib in AML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Improved Cancer Care Through Innovation

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Payers Look to CER for Improved Healthcare Decisions

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 20th 2015

Data Show High Response Rate to Ibrutinib Combination for Patients With Hard-to-Treat MCL

Mary K. Caffrey

January 20th 2015

Hepatitis C Pricing Wars a Poster Child for Oncology

The CEO of Kite Pharma plans to initiate early conversations with insurers, even before the launch of a clinical trial of their experimental drug, to ensure smooth sailing once the product is approved and launched.

January 19th 2015

Identifying Biomarkers to Detect Lung Cancer in Patient Spit

Researchers at the University of Maryland are evaluating the value of a person's spit to screen for lung cancer, replacing the traditional and recently recommended CT scan.

January 19th 2015

MET Amplification a Viable Screen for NSCLC, Study Claims

A study published in Clinical Cancer Research found that 33% of lung cancer biopsies evaluated had a gain of function amplification in the MET receptor tyrosine kinase.

January 19th 2015

Results Project Savings for Payers With Novel Oral Anticoagulants

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

SPIRIT 2: Dasatinib Superior to Imatinib in Newly Diagnosed CML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

CML Updates: Defining MMR and Results of the DASISION Trial

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

Sessions Report Phase 2 Results of Pomalidomide Combinations

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Promising Results for Elotuzumab Presented in Session on Multiple Myeloma

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Early Treatment, Monoclonal Antibodies Discussed in Multiple Myeloma

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

ASH Presents Second Round of Tests, Treatments to Question Under Choosing Wisely Initiative

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Care Plans to Reduce Healthcare Utilization in Sickle Cell Disease

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

Poster Presentations Cover Therapeutic Options in CML

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

Pharmacists Ease Cancer Patients' Financial Burdens

A new study on the effects of cancer patients' financial burdens suggests that pharmacists can play a role in easing or preventing some of their stress.

January 19th 2015

Healthcare Costs in Need of Solutions: Experts at ASH Agree

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD

January 19th 2015

Session on Survivorship Outlines Surveillance Strategies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Ibrutinib Demonstrates Significant Responses for Patients With Hard-to-Treat CLL/SLL, Phase 2 Data Show

Mary K. Caffrey

January 19th 2015

Study Suggests Method of Reducing Blood Clots Without Risking Bleeding

Mary K. Caffrey

January 16th 2015

UCLA Study Unveils Mechanism of Melanoma Drug Resistance

Researchers have uncovered how melanoma becomes resistant to a promising new drug combo therapy utilizing BRAF+MEK inhibitors in patients after an initial period of tumor shrinkage.

January 16th 2015

Study Indicates Improved Survival in CRC Despite Lower Surgery Rates

The research, published in JAMA Surgery, analyzed data collected from NCI's SEER database, between 1988 till 2010, on stage 4 CRC patients who had surgery or not for primary tumor resection. Survival data on these patients was then analyzed and associated with their surgical status.

Predictive Value of Diagnostic Tests

January 16th 2015

Predictive Value of Diagnostic Tests

Development and Use of Diagnostic Testing

January 16th 2015

Development and Use of Diagnostic Testing

Predictive Value of Diagnostic Testing

January 16th 2015

Predictive Value of Diagnostic Testing

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