Fifth Issue, Series Three - Uncategorized
As a practitioner in adult oncology, it is only on rare occasions that I see pediatric patients managed in our clinic. Generally speaking, such patients seen in this setting are mid-adolescents with diagnoses of Hodgkin lymphoma who are being treated with a standard adult regimen. These patients are presented with [ Read More ]
Fourth Issue, Series Three - Uncategorized
In the spring of 2008, while I was finishing my oncology pharmacy residency training, I had the opportunity to spend a month in a prominent urban hospital very well known for its indigent patient population. Although this experience was primarily focused on learning standard-of-care oncology without cutting-edge investigational therapies and [ Read More ]
Third Issue, Series Three - Uncategorized
As an oncology pharmacist in an ambulatory cancer clinic, in the course of a typical week, it is not unusual for me to counsel 25 to 30 new patients on chemotherapy regimens that they are about to receive (paying particular attention to adverse events [AEs]), and to be directly involved [ Read More ]
Second Issue, Series Three - Uncategorized
When I joined the faculty of the McWhorter School of Pharmacy (MSOP) at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, in July of 2008, I was excited to discover a corporate spirit and passion for involvement with underserved populations that were similar to that of my own. In Alabama, one does not [ Read More ]
First Issue, Series Three - Uncategorized
JR is a 43-year-old man with a primary hepatocellular carcinoma. He was diagnosed 6 months ago with metastatic disease and today has been told that there are no remaining conventional treatment options available for the management of his cancer. To look at this patient is to see a young man [ Read More ]
Sixth Issue, Series Two - Uncategorized
CJ is a 62-year-old female beginning chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide for stage III breast cancer. To minimize the risk of neutropenia-associated complications, it is planned for CJ to return to the clinic daily following chemotherapy for injections of a colony-stimulating factor (CSF) until her absolute neutrophil count exceeds 10,000 [ Read More ]
Fifth Issue, Series Two - Uncategorized
LM is a 35-year-old female who was diagnosed with HodgÂkin lymphoma and treated with ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) in 2009. Radiographic scans completed at the conclusion of therapy demonstrated that LM had achieved a complete response. Two years later, LM presented to our clinic complaining of generalized fatigue [ Read More ]
Fourth Issue, Series Two - Uncategorized
JS is a 62-year-old female diagnosed with a stage IIB (T2, N1, M0), estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor–negative, HER2-negative invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast 18 months ago and treated with bilateral mastectomy followed by adjuvant docetaxel and cyclophosphamide (TC). Recently, she felt an enlarged supraclavicular lymph node that was subsequently biopsied [ Read More ]
Third Issue, Series Two - Uncategorized
HW is a 71-year-old male diagnosed with a recurrence of colorectal cancer in the spring of 2012 with radiographically confirmed metastases bilaterally in his lungs and throughout his liver. Palliative chemotherapy was undertaken at that time with initial response documented by CT scan and serum CEA monitoring. However, within the [ Read More ]
Second Issue, Series Two - Uncategorized
JB is a 57-year-old male who presents to the emergency department complaining of acute left-sided chest pain (8/10 on a numeric pain scale) that has been ongoing for approximately 48 hours following a fall at home. He has taken ibuprofen and acetaminophen with no relief. Chest x-ray reveals 3 fractured [ Read More ]
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