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Learn about the care of patients undergoing treatment for urothelial cancer in an engaging case study format.
Somatic biomarker testing reports can be complex. As a nurse, you will review these reports and identify pertinent content to provide optimal patient care. Use this checklist to get familiar with the reports to ensure you are reviewing the applicable information. The Nursing Implications Based on Somatic Biomarker Testing Outcomes resource can be used to complement the checklist and increase your understanding of test findings.
Watch this ONS interview with Megan Harvey, clinical nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, on CAR T-cell therapy.
Follow a nurse through assessment and early interventions to better understand cytokine release syndrome, an adverse reaction associated with Car T-Cell therapy.
Get Up, Get Moving is a national quality campaign developed by ONS member experts to encourage oncology nurses to implement an evidence-based change in practice and recommend physical activity to patients with cancer during treatment.
Dr. Calzone provides an overview of the emerging use of paired somatic and germline testing to inform cancer treatment decisions. She will explain the science and clinical utility of this test along with the risks, benefits, and limitations. Throughout her presentation she will connect her content to the role of the oncology nurse and practice implications.
Paired somatic and germline testing is simultaneous genomic sequencing of a somatic and germline sample from a patient to inform cancer treatment.
The ONS Biomarker Database was developed as a clinical decision support (CDS) tool to bring the most recent biomarker advances to the point of care.
Explaining the complex biomarker testing process to your patients can be made simple by utilizing the Biomarker Testing in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Discussion Tool to guide this conversation with your patients. It provides patient friendly language to describe biomarker testing and the why, when, and how of the process. It also gives the patient space to write notes and capture their cancer’s biomarkers.