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Perspectives

This section features opinion pieces, reflections, and expert commentary on timely or overlooked issues in cancer care, research, and the oncology workforce.

Primary Refractory DLBCL: Choosing Between CAR-T and Bispecific Antibody Combinations
Cancer Education · Perspectives · Research

Primary Refractory DLBCL: Choosing Between CAR-T and Bispecific Antibody Combinations

By Autumn Jeong, MD

CAR-T cell therapy is the established standard second-line treatment for primary refractory or early relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, supported by mature, practice-defining trial data.

Milk Thistle and Cancer: Why the Warning Label Exists
Perspectives · Cancer Education · Resources for Cancer Patients

Milk Thistle and Cancer: Why the Warning Label Exists

By The Cancer News Team

The milk thistle cancer warning is usually a California Prop 65 disclosure about trace heavy metals, not proof of harm. Learn the separate estrogen concern for hormone-sensitive cancers and treatment interactions.

Safe Delivery of CAR-T and Bispecific Therapy: Managing CRS and Building the Infrastructure Behind It
Cancer Education · Perspectives · Research

Safe Delivery of CAR-T and Bispecific Therapy: Managing CRS and Building the Infrastructure Behind It

By Justine Wilson-Miller, PharmD, BCOP

Centers manage cytokine release syndrome (CRS) very differently, and patient safety depends on the system, not only the drug.

Financial Toxicity and Access to Oral Chemotherapy: Prior Authorization, Specialty Pharmacy Steering, and the Importance of Advocacy
Cancer Education · Research · Perspectives

Financial Toxicity and Access to Oral Chemotherapy: Prior Authorization, Specialty Pharmacy Steering, and the Importance of Advocacy

By Sarah Profitt, PharmD, MMHC, BCOP

Prior authorization requirements and specialty pharmacy steering by payors delay the start of oral anticancer therapy, interrupt established treatment and worsen adherence.

The Post–CAR-T Playbook: What Comes Next?
Cancer Education · Perspectives

The Post–CAR-T Playbook: What Comes Next?

By Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, MD

CAR-T cures fewer than half of patients with relapsed large B-cell lymphoma, and outcomes after CAR-T failure depend heavily on when relapse occurs

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer in 2026: ctDNA-Guided Switching and the Expanding Oral SERD Landscape
Cancer Education · Perspectives

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer in 2026: ctDNA-Guided Switching and the Expanding Oral SERD Landscape

By Manpreet Kaur Chadha, MD

Care for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer is broadening well past the traditional aromatase inhibitor backbone.

Managing Capivasertib-Associated Hyperglycemia: A Structured Monitoring Schedule That Patients Can Follow
Cancer Education · Research · Perspectives

Managing Capivasertib-Associated Hyperglycemia: A Structured Monitoring Schedule That Patients Can Follow

By Arika Sandbach, PharmD, BCOP

Capivasertib, an oral AKT inhibitor for HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with PIK3CA, AKT1, or PTEN alterations, carries a labeled hyperglycemia risk requiring structured, front-loaded monitoring.

A Hidden Dosing Trap in Antibody-Drug Conjugates: How Weight-Based Rounding Can Silently Double a Dose Increase
Research · Cancer Education · Perspectives

A Hidden Dosing Trap in Antibody-Drug Conjugates: How Weight-Based Rounding Can Silently Double a Dose Increase

By Ian Ingram, PharmD, BCOP

A delayed neutropenia case reveals how UGT1A1 metabolizer status and weight-based dose rounding can silently double a sacituzumab dose error.

The Silent Ecosystem Within Clinical Trials
Research · Health Equity · Perspectives

The Silent Ecosystem Within Clinical Trials

By Zoë Swainson, MHA

Clinical trial outcomes do not emerge solely by science. They also emerge from an invisible ecosystem of trust, coordination, compassion and operational excellence.

Using MRD Testing to Decide When Multiple Myeloma Maintenance Can Stop
Cancer Education · Perspectives

Using MRD Testing to Decide When Multiple Myeloma Maintenance Can Stop

By Abdullah Mohammad Khan, MBBS

Indefinite lenalidomide maintenance after transplant has been standard practice in multiple myeloma for years, largely on the strength of older trials that never directly tested whether stopping was safe.

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