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Making Sense of ACS Treatment Guidelines
With multiple updates and differing guidelines across different countries, it may be hard for pharmacists to keep track of best practices for acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
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Health-System Pharmacists and ACS Management Throughout Continuum of Care
Christopher Betz, PharmD, BCPS, FKSHP, FASHP, explains how health-system pharmacists can be involved in the management of ACS patients throughout the continuum of care.
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3 Opioid Overdose Reversal Facts Health-System Pharmacists Should Know
Health-system pharmacists can expect to see naloxone play an increasingly important role in their practice.
How Health-System Pharmacists Can Improve Adherence in ACS Patients
Some of the ways pharmacists can use motivational interviewing to improve adherence in ACS patients.
4 Ways Hospital Pharmacists Can Help Improve Post-Acute Care Coordination
Pharmacists are the crux of successful care transitions between hospitals and post-acute care facilities.
When to Choose Ticagrelor or Clopidogrel
Christopher Betz, PharmD, BCPS, FKSHP, FASHP, discusses the scenarios in which certain patients may benefit from one acute coronary syndrome treatment regimen over another
Quiz: How Well Do You Know ACS?
See how well-versed you are in acute coronary syndrome knowledge.
Manufacturers Providing Drugs for a Study at No Cost
ASCO is conducting a clinical trial to evaluate how different targeted cancer drugs work to find additional uses outside its FDA indication.
Increased Lung Cancer Survival Rate Observed with Web Application
Patients with lung cancer who reported symptoms via Moovcare showed 1-year survival of 75%.
Global Disparity Found in Worldwide Cancer Drug Retail Prices
The highest retail prices for 23 different cancer drugs was found in the United States.
Temodar with Chemoradiation Improves Survival in Elderly Glioblastoma Patients
Adding temozolomide (Temodar) to chemoradiation reduced the risk of death by 33% in elderly glioblastoma patients.
Double Stem Cell Transplant Improves Outcomes in High Risk Neuroblastoma
Aggressive treatment approach shows promise in children with high risk brain cancer.
Guidelines May Not Be Enough to Stop Aggressive Cancer Care in Terminal Cases
Choosing Wisely recommendations have not substantially changed the care received by patients in the last 30 days of life.
Minority Women Who Survive BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer Less Likely to Receive Preventive Surgery
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry a BRCA mutation have up to a 50% lifetime risk of developing a second breast cancer.
New Antibody Therapy Could Effectively Treat Small Cell Lung Cancer
Rovalpituzumab tesirine reduced tumor growth and even shrank tumors in some patients with small cell lung cancer.
Antibody Treatment Could Potentially Treat Advanced Gastric Cancer
Patients treated with chemotherapy and IMAB362 had a median overall survival of 16.7 months.
Novel Multiple Myeloma Regimen Slows Disease Progression
Bortezomib and dexamethasone slowed disease progression in patients with recurrent or refractory multiple myeloma.
Novel Immunotherapy for Advanced Bladder Cancer Extends Overall Survival
Patients treated with atezolizumab had a longer median overall survival than patients treated with carboplatin-based regimens.
Long-Term Hormone Therapy Decreases Breast Cancer Recurrence
Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer showed a reduction in disease recurrence after 10 years of aromatase inhibitor therapy with letrozole.
Precision Medicine Improves Treatment of Advanced Cancers
Targeted treatment shows strongest efficacy in HER2 abnormalities.
Breast Cancer Biosimilar Shows Comparable Efficacy to Herceptin
Biosimilar trastuzumab antibody (MYL-1401O) comparable in efficacy and safety to targeted cancer drug in women with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer.
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Could Benefit Patients with Ovarian Cancer
Patients receiving intraperitoneal and intravenous chemotherapy had progression-free survival of 59.3 months.
Chemotherapy Combination Shows Prolonged Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Capecitabine chemotherapy in combination with gemcitabine show median overall survival rate of 28 months.
Rare Brain Cancer Outcomes Improve with Radiation Therapy and Temozolomide
Anaplastic glioma patients administered temozolomide after radiation, with or without concurrent temozolomide, saw a slower progression of the disease.
Precision Medicine Beneficial for Patients with Cancer
Precision medicine found to be associated with increased tumor reduction and progression-free survival.
Pembrolizumab Benefits Advanced Melanoma Patients Regardless of Prior Treatments
Overall 3-year survival in patients with advanced melanoma taking pembrolizumab was 40%.
Early Terminal Cancer Palliative Care Can Increase Quality of Life, Decrease Depression
Family caregivers of patients with terminal cancers could benefit from early palliative care.
Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Increases Survival in Multiple Myeloma Patients
Patients with multiple myeloma receiving ASCT showed a 10% increase in tumor cell reduction.
Off-Label Uses for NOACs
Katie Greenlee, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, of the Cleveland Clinic gives examples of certain off-label uses for NOACs that seem promising.
An Overview of the Types of Burns a Patient Can Sustain
Patrick Dougherty, PharmD, BCPS,clinical pharmacist at the Emergency Medicine Peninsula Regional Medical Center, provides an overview of the various types of burns a patient can sustain.