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FDA Links Breast Implants to Increased ALCL Risk

People with breast implants have a risk of developing breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in April 2019. Typically the cancer is limited to the scar tissue and fluid near an implant, but some patients experience spread throughout the body. The risk increases with textured implants in particular.

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FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for First-Line Treatment of HNSCC

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for First-Line Treatment of HNSCC

How Music Can Soothe Your Savage Beast—Stress

Nurse self-care

How Music Can Soothe Your Savage Beast—Stress

Survivorship Considerations After CAR T-Cell Therapy

Survivorship Considerations After CAR T-Cell Therapy

FDA Approves Polatuzumab Vedotin-piiq for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Polatuzumab Vedotin-piiq for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Manage Immunotherapy-Related Diarrhea and Colitis

Advanced practice nursing (APN)

Manage Immunotherapy-Related Diarrhea and Colitis

Less Toxic CAR T-Cell Therapy May Be on the Horizon

Less Toxic CAR T-Cell Therapy May Be on the Horizon

Nurses Are Crucial to Developing Tools, Best Practices for Novel Therapies

Oncology nurse researcher

Nurses Are Crucial to Developing Tools, Best Practices for Novel Therapies

Novel Therapies: How CAR T Cells and Biosimilars Are Changing Cancer Care

Novel Therapies: How CAR T Cells and Biosimilars Are Changing Cancer Care

Think Tank Will Explore Nurse Leadership Development Initiatives

Think Tank Will Explore Nurse Leadership Development Initiatives

FDA Updates REMS and Black Box Warnings for Blinatumomab

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Updates REMS and Black Box Warnings for Blinatumomab

FDA Approves Lenalidomide for Follicular and Marginal Zone Lymphoma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Lenalidomide for Follicular and Marginal Zone Lymphoma

How ONS Is Supporting ONNs’ Professional Development

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How ONS Is Supporting ONNs’ Professional Development

FDA Approves Alpelisib for Metastatic Breast Cancer

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Alpelisib for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Practice These Five Self-Care Strategies in Less Than Five Minutes

Nurse self-care

Practice These Five Self-Care Strategies in Less Than Five Minutes

FDA Approves Ruxolitinib for Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Ruxolitinib for Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease

FDA Cautions That Robotic Devices Are Not Approved for Mastectomy or Other Women’s Cancer Surgeries

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Cautions That Robotic Devices Are Not Approved for Mastectomy or Other Women’s Cancer Surgeries

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Talazoparib (Talzenna®)

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Talazoparib

Commission on Cancer to Revise Standards for Cancer Program Accreditation

Commission on Cancer to Revise Standards for Cancer Program Accreditation

Commit to Protect and Care for Yourself During Oncology Nursing Month

Commit to Protect and Care for Yourself During Oncology Nursing Month

FDA Approves Venetoclax for CLL and SLL

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Venetoclax for CLL and SLL

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FDA Approves Avelumab Plus Axitinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Avelumab Plus Axitinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue

Complementary therapy

Acupuncture for Cancer-Related Fatigue

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The Case of the Terrible Toxicities

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Cancer prevention

Everyone Means Me, Everyone Includes You: Improving the Practice of Cancer Screening

Liquid Biopsy Equivalent to Tissue for NSCLC

Liquid Biopsy Equivalent to Tissue for NSCLC

What USP Means for Safe Oncology Nursing Practice

What USP Means for Safe Oncology Nursing Practice

New Genetics Service Delivery Models Help Patients Access Genetic Counseling

Genetics & genomics

New Genetics Service Delivery Models Help Patients Access Genetic Counseling

FDA Approves Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine for Early Breast Cancer

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine for Early Breast Cancer

FDA Approves Ivosidenib as First-Line Treatment for AML With IDH1 Mutation

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Ivosidenib as First-Line Treatment for AML With IDH1 Mutation

What Does the Research Say About Oncology Nursing Certification?

What Does the Research Say About Oncology Nursing Certification?

Stay Up to Date on Clinical Treatments for Metastatic CRC

Advanced practice nursing (APN)

Stay Up to Date on Clinical Treatments for Metastatic CRC

What’s ONS’s Stance on Oncology Nursing Certification?

Oncology nurse education

What’s ONS’s Stance on Oncology Nursing Certification?

Kentucky Illustrates Success of Medicaid Expansion

Medical reimbursement

Kentucky Illustrates Success of Medicaid Expansion

The Value of Oncology Nurse Certification

Oncology nurse education

The Value of Oncology Nurse Certification

ONS Remains a Financially Strong Organization Into 2019

ONS Remains a Financially Strong Organization Into 2019

Updated Scope and Standards Represent Key Foci of Oncology Nursing Practice

Clinical practice

Updated Scope and Standards Represent Key Foci of Oncology Nursing Practice

Prevent Important Information From Getting Lost in Translation

Prevent Important Information From Getting Lost in Translation

How APRNs Can Manage Immunotherapy-Related Hypophysitis in Patients With Cancer

Advanced practice nursing (APN)

How APRNs Can Manage Immunotherapy-Related Hypophysitis in Patients With Cancer

Tachycardia Tied to Higher Mortality in Patients With Cancer

Symptom management

Tachycardia Tied to Higher Mortality in Patients With Cancer

Board Makes Plans for Strategic and Leadership Growth

Board Makes Plans for Strategic and Leadership Growth

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Nurse self-care

Self-Care for the Soles

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Cabozantinib (Cabometyx®)

Clinical practice

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Cabozantinib

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab Plus Axitinib for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Pembrolizumab Plus Axitinib for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Which Ambulatory Infusion Pump Is Best for 5-FU?

Guidelines Insufficient for Prostate Cancer Germline Genetic Testing

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Genetics & genomics

The Case of the Belated BRCA Test

Oncology Urgent Care Clinics Are an Emerging Setting for Cancer Care Delivery

Care coordination

Oncology Urgent Care Clinics Are an Emerging Setting for Cancer Care Delivery

We Are All Florence Nightingale

Oncology nurse influence

We Are All Florence Nightingale

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