Cancer

Medication restrictions for patients receiving CAR-T therapy

To assure the quality of CAR-T therapy and optimise the chances of successful treatment, pharmacists caring for CAR-T patients must be aware of the medication restrictions — prior to and following treatment — and their rationale.…

Renal cancer: management

An overview of the most common forms of renal cancer, treatment options and the role of pharmacists in its management.…

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Whole-genome sequencing is ‘feasible’ for screening in primary care, research suggests

Presenting their findings, study authors said genomic sequencing in primary care could change the way patients and their families are managed by GPs.…

Bladder cancer: management

An overview of the different types of bladder cancer, treatment options and the role of pharmacists in its management.…

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Break in cancer treatment cuts side effects and does not affect life expectancy, study finds

A trial has shown that breaks from first-line treatments for patients with metastatic and/or locally advanced kidney cancer did not cause meaningful detriment to their life expectancy or quality of life.…

NHS patients will be first in Europe to receive mutation-targeting lung cancer treatment

The tumour-agnostic drug sotorasib has been approved for the treatment of patients in England with non-small cell lung cancer.…

New drug cuts the risk of death in bladder cancer by 30% compared with chemotherapy, study suggests

A trial comparing new antibody-drug conjugate enfortumab vedotin with chemotherapy in patients with bladder cancer has found that overall survival was longer in the group receiving the new drug.…

New estimates for breast cancer risk associated with HRT

New estimates of the increased risks of breast cancer associated with use of different hormone replacement therapy preparations have been published in the BMJ.…

Consistent use of statins linked to reduced risk of cancer death

Women who take cholesterol-lowering medicines, who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, colorectal cancer or melanoma, are less likely to die from their cancer if they adhere to their cholesterol medicines, research published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology has su…

Five years on: what my experience with breast cancer taught me about good patient care

Ruth Edwards reflects on her experience as a patient with breast cancer and how it taught her a valuable lesson about patient care.…