Episode 98: Combination Immunotherapy Treatments

ONS member Lisa Kottschade, MSN, APRN, CNP, nurse practitioner at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and member of the Southeast Minnesota ONS Chapter, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer/producer, to discuss how immunotherapies are combined with other treatments, ways evolving treatment indications influence nursing practices, and how to keep patients safe when receiving combination immunotherapy treatments.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes:

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities. 
• Adding Chemo to Immunotherapy May Resensitize Resistant Tumors
• Combining Radiation With Immunotherapy May Improve Survival
• Managing Immunotherapy-Related Adverse Events
• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing immunotherapy supplement
• Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice
• Immunotherapy resources from ONS
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for Management of Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities
• Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer