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In the final JCSO podcast for 2017, Dr David Henry, the Editor-in-Chief, discusses a round-up by Dr Linda Bosserman of cancer care in 2017 and an accompanying article on the therapeutic implications of some of the year’s landmark approvals. Continuing with the theme of therapeutic advances, he also highlights a review of the expanding treatment options for diverse neuroendocrine tumors. Two articles, one on setting up systems to facilitate adoption of the oncology care model in the practice setting and another on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of bronchopulmonary carcinoid, provide evidence-based information and guidelines for practice-based oncology care teams. Patient and survivor care are the focus of three original research reports in which authors report on supportive medications and interventions received by prostate cancer survivors (PiCTure study); differences in psychosocial stressors between black and white cancer patients; and the impact of combining human and online supportive resources for prostate cancer patients. Also discussed are case reports on metastatic eccrine carcinoma with stomach and pericardial involvement and on cold hemolytic anemia as a rare complication of influenza A, as well as the approvals of pembrolizumab for dMMR/MSI-H tumors and brigatinib for crizotinib-resistant, ALK-positive NSCLC patients.

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For the July-August issue of the Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, the Editor-in-Chief, Dr David Henry, discusses a recap by Howard Burris, MD, of the top presentations at this year’s annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, and a selection of articles on some of the key findings reported at the meeting. A number of articles, in keeping with the journal mission of delivering content that can inform or change daily practice in the community setting, provide ‘how-to’ clinical and supportive advice. They include an outline by Thomas J Smith of Johns Hopkins University of how to initiate goals-of-care conversations with patients and their family members; a review of managing polycythemia vera in the community oncology setting; a New Therapies feature on how immunotherapies are shaping the treatment of hematologic malignancies; and research articles on using Onodera’s Prognostic Nutritional Index to predict wound complications in patients with soft tissue sarcoma, and bone remodeling associated with CTLA-4 inhibition. A third research article assesses a multidisciplinary survivorship program in a group of predominantly Hispanic women with breast cancer. Also in the line-up for discussion are Case Reports, one on managing high-grade pleomorphic sarcoma in a patient with colon metastasis and another on intramedullary spinal cord and leptomeningeal metastases presenting as cauda equina syndrome in a patient with melanoma.

For the May-June issue of the Journal of Community and Supportive Oncology, the Editor in Chief, Dr David Henry, discusses an editorial by Kevin Knopf, a JCSO editor, about drawing on modern portfolio theory to improve cancer care. Side effects come under scrutiny this issue, with a How We Do It article on prehabilitation for lymphedema in head and neck cancer patients, a Review article that examines pancreatitis associated with newer classes of antineoplastic therapies, and a research article that looks at prescriber adherence to antiemetic guidelines with trifluridine-tipiracil. In other research articles, investigators report on physician attitudes and prevalence of molecular testing in lung cancer; a comprehensive assessment of cancer survivors’ concerns to inform program development; and perceived financial hardship among patients with advanced cancer. Two Case Reports address the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma in patients with AIDS, and a third describes a rare case of hypoglycemia induced by a classic gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Finally, Dr Henry summarizes an in-depth interview on cardiotoxicity, which he did with his colleague, Dr Joseph Carver.

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