In this podcast, coinciding with breast cancer awareness month, Dr David Henry highlights an article by contributor Jane de Lartigue on recent advances in the use of targeted therapies in multiple breast cancer subtypes and another by a practicing oncologist on the positive impact of centralizing breast cancer care in an urban public hospital. Patient-reported outcomes are the focus a review on PROs in palliative and supportive interventions rural cancer patients and an original research report on findings on adverse events from systemic treatment of cancer and patient-reported quality of life. Also featured are two Community Translations columns on the approvals for atezolizumab for non–small-cell lung cancer and lenalidomide as standard of care for multiple myeloma in the maintenance setting, and two case reports on familial essential thrombocythemia associated with JAK2 V617F mutation in siblings and on managing tonsillar carcinoma with advanced radiation and chemotherapy techniques.
Listen to the podcast below.