CANCER BUZZ PODCAST

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Jacquelyn Doenges, LCSW, MSSW, CTTS, and Linda Hutkin-Slade, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C about providing optimal psychosocial support for this patient population.

In this podcast episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Nicole Dreibelbis, certified registered nurse practitioner specializing in women’s health at UPMC Magee Cancer Center in central Pennsylvania.

In this podcast episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Emily Smith, MD, associate professor of Dermatology at St. Louis University School of Medicine, about best practices for early referral from dermatology and how to identify high-risk patients. 

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Karen Fancher, PharmD, BCOP, and Victoria Nachar, PharmD, BCOP, about strategies to address common adverse events experienced by patients with mantle cell lymphoma. 

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Jean Louise Koff, MD, MSc, associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, about fostering trust, rapport, and collaboration in the patient-provider relationship.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with David Sallman, MD and Karley Trautman, DNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, to discuss best practices in the management of anemia in low-risk MDS patients.

Enterprise intelligence software analyzes imaging results of all patients treated at UCHealth to identify and stratify those with high-risk findings.

Gain insights on reshaping multidisciplinary cancer care team workflows to enable laboratory professionals to improve biomarker testing efficiency.

This accelerated delivery platform improves clinic workflow and speeds up breast cancer diagnosis and treatment planning.

Anemia presents a significant challenge in the management of patients with low-risk MDS. As clinicians focus on maintaining quality of life, it is necessary to understand the care sequencing of anemia treatment in patients with low-risk MDS.

This AI-driven incidental findings program identifies and then monitors pancreatic abnormalities to improve the quality of care to patients who are at increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer.

This machine learning algorithm runs nightly and is linked to a smart texting application that goes out to patients every morning for 7 days following chemotherapy, asking about symptoms like diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, and pain.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Courtney VanHouzen, PharmD.

This rule-based informatics solution pulls from the electronic health record to automate the election of an appropriate biosimilar therapy based on the patient’s insurance, hospital formulary preferences, streamlining prior authorization and approvals.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Niharika Dixit, MD, medical oncologist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and professor of medicine at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Immunotherapy is redefining survivorship to include an increasing population of patients who live with cancer and navigate toxicities that differ from those that accompany traditional treatments.

Germline and somatic testing for prostate cancer can improve outcomes and promote early detection and prevention, yet many patients are not aware of testing and the impact it can have on treatment options.

This discussion elucidates an array of patient-centered approaches, touches on social determinants of health, and highlights collaborative measures to support care coordination in the management of anemia in patients with high-risk MDS and AML

The primary goals of the initiative were to transform patient experience and improve timeliness to care for every newly diagnosed patient.

Improving timely identification and referral of patients who may be eligible for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is critical for improving outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies.

4R Oncology® model in breast and lung cancer clinics has improved patients’ involvement in organizing their care, enabled the development of high-functioning multidisciplinary care teams, and helped optimize the timing and coordination of sequence of care

In this episode, Alessandro Villa, DDS, PhD, MPH, chief of Oral Medicine, Oral Oncology, and Dentistry at Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute, emphasizes the proactive role dentists can play in early identification of cancer

CANCER BUZZ speaks with Aaron Cumpston, PharmD, and Christine Barrett, PharmD, BCOP, who discuss the challenges of care coordination and therapy and share operational best practices for the delivery of bispecific antibodies in the community setting.

As the need for access to guideline-concordant biomarker testing for underserved populations continues to grow.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Linda Hayward, patient financial advocate at the University of Maryland, Kaufman Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake Health

The ACCC Oncology Reimbursement Meetings (ORMs) help all members of the multidisciplinary cancer care team navigate the annual changes in oncology reimbursement and regulations

Maintenance therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, particularly those who are ineligible for transplant, can be critical to treatment outcomes and quality of life for patients.

CANCER BUZZ interviews outgoing President, Lekan Ajayi, and incoming President, Nadine Barrett, about their respective ACCC President’s Themes, the programs and resources ACCC developed in the past year, the Association’s 50th Anniversary, and more.

From the ACCC 50th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit (AMCCBS), Krista Nelson, ACCC past president, about the new Institute for Comprehensive Cancer Care Services and resources for cancer centers to implement these services.