Volume 15, Number 1 (Jan/Feb 2024)

The Cost of Care: Financial and Social Factors in Cancer Management

A Financial Toxicity Screening and Care Coordination Quality Improvement Program in a Gynecology Oncology Urban Practice

Background: Educating a multidisciplinary team on financial toxicity (FT) risk, screening, and care coordination is an approach to addressing gaps in care among newly diagnosed patients with stage III or IV cancer. Objective: The goal of...

Maintaining Survival While Improving Quality of Life: An Advanced Practitioner–Led Pilot Feasibility Study to Reduce Radiation Dose in Children With Brain Tumors

Purpose: Oncology advanced practitioners (APs) are on the front line in treating adverse effects. Among children with brain tumors, treatments such as craniospinal irradiation (CSI) cause neurocognitive injury, endocrinopathies, and otot...

Does Use of Intratumoral Injections in Solid Tumor Malignancies Improve Outcomes and Reduce Adverse Events? An Integrative Review

The purpose of this review is to assess the efficacy and adverse events associated with intratumoral injection in the treatment of solid tumor malignancies. A literature review was conducted using PubMed, the Cochrane Database of Systema...

Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer With Relugolix: Illustrative Case Scenarios From an Advanced Practice Provider Perspective

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality among men in the United States, with an estimated 34,700 deaths annually. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the cornerstone of advanced prostate cancer thera...

Advanced Practice Providers’ Role in Intimacy in Advanced Cancer Patients

The primary objectives of early phase clinical trials are to determine the safety, tolerability, and recommended doses of an investigational agent for patients with advanced cancer. Although these advances in cancer treatment have result...

Guess What Is in My Brain

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is an important diagnostic tool used by neurologists. This article explores the workup and management for a patient with a brain lesion and highlights the importance of neuroimaging. Similari...

Clinical Posters From JADPRO Live 2023

Thirty-three clinical posters focused on the role of the advanced practitioner were presented at JADPRO Live this past November 9 to 12, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. Read the abstracts here, and access the full posters and audio narrations...