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Opinion: Drama Therapy Can Be a Therapeutic Tool for Helping Patients Cope With CancerDrama therapy may be a unique approach to help patients with cancer express themselves and improve their emotional well-being. It can also help health care professionals improve their communication skills.
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Fran Cartwright on the Importance of Pain ManagementFran Cartwright, PhD, RN-BC, AOCN, Senior Director of Nursing, Oncology Services and Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the importance of understanding the many facets of pain management.
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Don't Just Do Something, Stand There: The Power of 'The Pause'Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is to stop.
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Cemiplimab Shows Clinical Benefit for Patients With PD-L1+ NSCLC and Brain MetastasesAt a median follow-up of 33.3 months, the median overall survival was not evaluable with cemiplimab, vs 20.7 months with chemotherapy alone, in this patient subset.
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Parents and Loved Ones: The Unsung HeroesWe need to either do away with the pink or change the color for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), because it's not at all pink. It's black and blue, purple, and sometimes just plain red.
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Never Too YoungWe were thrilled to cohost the Colorectal Cancer Survivor Panel Lunch & Learn at the recent OMG! Cancer Summit for Young Adults with our friends at Chris4Life.
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The Universal Language of CaringLanguage barriers can mean patients put off preventive screenings, and even treatment, for fear of being misunderstood by their healthcare providers.
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New Toxicity Grading Criteria Help Standardize Management of CAR T-Cell Therapy-Related AEsNewly standardized grading criteria will help to regulate the management of CAR T-cell therapy¬–related toxicities, like cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS).
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Trial To Evaluate Eprenetapopt-Azacytidine Combo in TP53+ MDS Completes EnrollmentA phase 3 trial designed to evaluate eprenetapopt plus azacytidine (Vidaza) in patients with TP53-mutant positive myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) completed full enrollment, according to Aprea Therapeutics, Inc.
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Head and Neck Lymphedema Is More than a Cosmetic ProblemJan Lewin, PhD, section chief of Speech Pathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses head and neck lymphedema.
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Nickhill Bhakta Discusses Unanswered Questions About Survivors of Childhood CancerNickhill Bhakta, MD, fellow at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, discusses some unanswered questions about late effects of adult survivors of childhood cancer.
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Improving Safety and Quality with Oral ChemotherapyOver the past several years, process improvements in the care of our oncology patients have been implemented that focus on the provision of safe and high quality clinical care and employee safety.
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Tired of Hearing People Say an Oncology Nurse's Job Is Depressing?Some nurses share how they handle such remarks.
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Claire Snyder on Patient-Reported Outcome QuestionnairesClaire Snyder, MHS, PhD, associate professor of medicine and oncology with a joint appointment in health policy and management at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, discusses patient-reported outcome assessments and standardization of questionnaires.
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Dr. Jyoti Patel on Delaying Whole Brain Radiation for Brain MetastasesJyoti Patel, MD, of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, talks about the subject of delaying whole brain radiation for brain metastases.
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Ragini Kudchadkar on Treating Patients with Basal Cell CarcinomaRagini Kudchadkar, MD, explains what nurses should keep in mind when treating patients with basal cell carcinoma.
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Rajni Kannan on Risk Factors for MelanomaRajni Kannan, BS, MS, RN, ANP-BC, discusses some risk factors for melanoma that may not be widely known.
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Structuring a Study of Interpersonal Communication in Breast Cancer NavigationA team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing set out to better understand the interpersonal communication components of breast cancer navigation services.
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Kathleen Wolf on Navigating Difficult Conversations with PatientsKathleen Wolf, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC, discuss how nurses can tackle difficult conversations with patients.
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Colleen O'Leary Describes Chemotherapy SafetyColleen OLeary from James Cancer Hospital Describes Chemotherapy Safety Standards
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Beth Dailey on Helping Nurses Work Smarter, Not HarderBeth Dailey, BSN, RN, OCN, HN-BC, from Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Regional Medical Center (ERMC), discusses how suggestions from nurses helped a merged clinic staff work smarter.
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Expert Discusses The Value of Combination Treatment in TNBC TreatmentThe future of treating patients with triple-negative breast cancer is bright, but more needs to be done to address mutations early on in the course of the disease.
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Surviving Stage IV Melanoma With Vigilance and HopeIn February 2002, I was diagnosed with stage I melanoma.
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Navigating Breast Cancer Care During a PandemicWhile COVID-19 continues to present much uncertainty for many people, those diagnosed with breast cancer are faced with unique challenges in navigating continued treatment.
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Kaitlyn Francese on Getting Patients to Discuss Side EffectsKaitlyn Francese, RN, a research nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the difficulty she faces in getting patients on clinical trials to talk about their side effects.
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Expert Discusses Recent CLL ApprovalThe recent approval of ibrutinib plus obinutuzumab is a major advancement in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia space.
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Alan Astrow Highlights the Importance of Listening to PatientsDr. Alan Astrow discusses the importance of clinicians listening to all of a patient's concerns.
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Dr. Hudis on the Challenges of Understanding Obesity and CancerClifford A. Hudis, MD, chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the challenges of understanding the link between obesity and cancer.
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Nurses Can Address Psychosocial Needs, From Diagnosis to SurvivorshipThe September issue of Oncology Nursing News® offers a wealth of information on how oncology nurses can help their patients navigate psychosocial issues, from the moment of diagnosis and beyond.
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The Changing Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer CareAlthough excitement surrounds the constantly changing landscape of cancer care, we have much to learn to keep our practices current.
