Solid Tumors

Surgical Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

Heather Townsend, MPAP, PA-C

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are considered rare, but they are one of the most common malignant mesenchymal tumors within the gastrointestinal tract, affecting 4,000 to 6,000 adults in the United States each year. Because gast...

Management of Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: Emphasis on Fourth-Line Treatment With Ripretinib

Sandra Brackert,(1) NP, and Kathleen Polson,(2) NP

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are considered rare, yet they represent the most common sarcomas of the gastrointestinal tract. The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) for the treatment of GISTs changed the way we tre...

Gastrointestinal Cancer: 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights for the Advanced Practitioner

Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN® and Kristen O’Hagan, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®

Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, evaluates data on RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer, locally advanced mismatch repair–deficient rectal cancer, circulating tumor DNA tests, pancreatic neuroe...

Updates in Cholangiocarcinoma

Kristen O’Hagan, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®

Cholangiocarcinoma is a spectrum of invasive adenocarcinomas that arise in the intrahepatic, perihilar, or distal biliary tree, and is classified by location. During JADPRO Live Virtual 2021, Kristen O’Hagan, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, dis...

Gastrointestinal Cancers: 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights for the Advanced Practitioner

Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®

Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, evaluates data on single and dual immunotherapy for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer; a HER2-targeted...

Other Solid Cancers: 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights for the Advanced Practitioner

Abby Fuoto, DNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, ACHPN and Mee-young Lee, MSN, ANP-BC

Abby Fuoto, DNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP®, ACHPN, of University of Arizona Cancer Center, considers the implications of a novel monoclonal antibody for nasopharyngeal cancer, and Mee-young Lee, MSN, ANP-BC, of Monter Cancer Center, Northwell, disc...

Development, Implementation, and Patient Perspectives of the Women’s Integrative Sexual Health Program: A Program Designed to Address the Sexual Side Effects of Cancer Treatment

Lori A. Seaborne, MPAS, PA-C, Megan Peterson, DNP, David M. Kushner, MD, Janelle Sobecki, MD, MA, and Joanne K. Rash, MPAS, PA-C

Background: Advanced practitioners (APs) are a growing demographic in survivorship care. One goal of survivorship care is to manage consequences of cancer treatments. Sexual dysfunction from prior therapies can impact quality of life. Ad...

Gastrointestinal Cancers: ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program Highlights for the Advanced Practitioner

Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®

Using coverage from The ASCO Post, Nina N. Grenon, DNP, AGCNP-BC, AOCN®, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, evaluates findings from two phase III trials, reviews takeaways from the final results of the IDEA study, and discusses what was le...

Management of Gastric Outlet Obstruction in a Patient With Gastric Cancer

Irene Thomas Thayil, PA-C

This article describes the evaluation of a patient with gastric cancer that confirms gastric outlet obstruction, followed by a discussion on management. 

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting Highlights for the Advanced Practitioner: Gastrointestinal Cancer

Carolyn Grande, CRNP, AOCNP®

Using coverage from The ASCO Post of the ASCO Annual Meeting, Carolyn Grande, CRNP, AOCNP®, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System evaluates study findings in gastrointestinal cancer and discusses what advanced practitioners sho...

The Relationship Between Zinc and Quality of Life in Patients With Upper GI Cancer on Chemotherapy

Abstract This is a pilot study aimed at evaluating the prevalence of zinc deficiency and how zinc levels affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients with upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancers receiving systemic chemotherapy. The data col...

Optimizing Adherence to Adjuvant Imatinib in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor

The increasing use of patient-administered oral anticancer drugs is paralleled by new challenges in maintaining treatment adherence. These challenges are particularly significant with adjuvant therapies for prevention of disease recurren...

Diagnostic Snapshot: Dyspnea in the Oncology Patient