To attend these sessions live, you must be registered for the 2023 ONS Congress® taking place April 26-30, 2023 in San Antonio, TX.
Medical Crossfire®: Exchange Between Onco-Nursing Experts on MPN Treatment and Symptom Management Along the Care Continuum
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk
Room: Texas Ballroom DEF
Dinner & Scientific Session: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CT
Learning Objectives:
- Assess the recent efficacy and safety data in clinical trials for approved novel agents in patients with cutaneous melanoma
- Describe the advances for patients with uveal melanoma, a melanoma subtype with no previous standard treatment
- Determine optimal nursing strategies for adverse event management for emerging treatment approaches for patients with cutaneous and uveal melanoma
- Implement patient counseling approaches for nurses to promote treatment adherence, and ensure informed patient decision-making
Show Me Your Care Plan: Nursing Considerations for Managing Breast Cancer Patients
Friday, April 28, 2023
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
Room: Salon GM
Dessert & Scientific Session: 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM CT
Learning Objectives
- Explain strategies to educate patients on the rationale underlying diagnostic tests and the treatment they receive for their breast cancer
- Determine key evidence that informs state-of-the-art management strategies for early-stage and advanced forms of breast cancer
- Describe treatment related toxicities in patients with breast cancer that may result from targeted and immunotherapeutic care approaches
- Apply counseling strategies to construct practical care plans that allow for the safe management of patients with breast cancer
Medical Crossfire®: Onco-Nursing Best Practices for Managing AEs Related to CAR T Cell Therapy from Treatment Center
Saturday, April 29, 2023
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
Room: Grand Ballroom A-F
Dinner & Scientific Session: 5:30 - 7:30 PM CT
Learning Objectives
- Determine the role of CAR T-cell therapies in treating leukemias and lymphomas with a focus on the mechanism, rationale, manufacturing, and delivery to patients with these hematologic malignancies
- Interpret clinical trial evidence on approved and emerging CAR T-cell therapies to facilitate counseling conversations with patients with leukemias and lymphomas
- Explain strategies to monitor, mitigate, and manage treatment-related adverse events of CAR T-cell therapy
- Outline strategies to effectively counsel patients receiving CAR T-cells concerning neurological events (ICANS) and cytokine release syndrome (CRS) to facilitate communication and care coordination with patients managed for leukemias and lymphomas
Breaking Down Biomarkers in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Case-Based Discussion for the Oncology Nurse
Saturday, April 29, 2023
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
Room: Grand Ballroom I
Dinner & Scientific Session: 5:30 - 7:30 PM CT
Learning Objectives
- Explain recent molecular marker evidence in the context of counseling patients with NSCLC on the rationale for certain diagnostic tests
- Apply care plans for patients with cancer based on precision diagnostic approaches in NSCLC settings
- Describe efficacy and safety evidence from clinical trials that inform counseling by nurses of patients with NSCLC who are under their care
Show Me Your Care Plan™: Nursing Considerations for Applying the Latest Approaches Across Care Settings in Melanoma
Saturday, April 29, 2023
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter
Room: Salon GM
Dessert & Scientific Session: 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM CT
Learning Objectives:
- Assess the recent efficacy and safety data in clinical trials for approved novel agents in patients with cutaneous melanoma
- Describe the advances for patients with uveal melanoma, a melanoma subtype with no previous standard treatment
- Determine optimal nursing strategies for adverse event management for emerging treatment approaches for patients with cutaneous and uveal melanoma
- Implement patient counseling approaches for nurses to promote treatment adherence, and ensure informed patient decision-making