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Switching Places: From Nurse to CaregiverCoordination of care and educating patients and their caregivers needs to be the standard of care.
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Jose Lutzky on Proactively Monitoring Patients Receiving Immunotherapy TreatmentsJose Lutzky, MD, discusses the importance of proactive patient monitoring with patients receiving immunotherapy treatments.
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Pamela Haylock on the Role of CSTDsPamela Haylock, PhD, RN, FAAN, past president, Oncology Nursing Society, discusses the role of closed-system drug-transfer devices (CSTDs).
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Ovarian Suppression Plus AI Treatment Can Have Major Adverse EventsCombining ovarian suppression and an aromatase inhibitor is an efficacious treatment method for premenopausal women with breast cancer. However, the regimen (which is given long-term) can cause some major adverse events, explained Dawn L. Hershman, MD, MS, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
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Answering Those "Million Dollar" QuestionsTwo nurse navigators report on the importance of equitable access to care, regardless of a patient's social connections, socioeconomic status, of philanthropy history.
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Dr. Verma on Palbociclib Plus Fulvestrant for HR+/HER2- Breast CancerSunil Verma, MD, MSEd, FRCPC, discusses the PALOMA-3 trial, which examined palbociclib with or without fulvestrant for the treatment of patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
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Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream InfectionsDecreasing hospital associated infection rates including Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections is an issue of ongoing focus nationwide.
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Measurable Residual Disease's Role in the Relapse SettingMRD can prove useful in the treatment of patients with hairy cell leukemia who relapsed.
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Helping Patients Tell Their Stories"What's your opinion about using hair color?" I asked my doctor shortly before beginning chemotherapy. "I don't have an opinion," he said. "Talk to one of the nurses."
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Tiki Barber: Oncology Nurses Are "The Rock Patients Lean On"Tiki Barber, former NFL running back and radio host, explains how he feels about oncology nurses, who helped his mother through her breast cancer experience.
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Michael Soulen on Radioembolization of Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver MetastasesMichael Soulen, MD, a professor of radiology and surgery at the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, discusses radioembolization to treat liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) as well as the efficacy of embolization in treating NETs.
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Ellyn Matthews on Addressing Sleep DisturbancesEllyn Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCNS, CBSM, who holds the Elizabeth Stanley Cooper Endowed Chair in Oncology Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, discusses the role of oncology nurses in handling sleep disturbances.
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Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases Achieve Better OS With Tucatinib Triplet RegimenA triplet regimen of tucatinib, trastuzumab, and capecitabine helped patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases live longer with reduced disease progression compared with trastuzumab and capecitabine alone.
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Ketamine May Benefit Those With Difficult Pain From Ovarian CancerKetamine, typically used to kickstart and maintain anesthesia use, could be an option for treating patients with ovarian cancer whose pain is difficult to treat.
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Grilling and Cancer: Turn Down the Summer HeatWhat you grill—and how you grill—can potentially produce cancer-causing substances. Here are 3 tips nurses can share with others to reduce the risk of carcinogen formation and still enjoy grilled food.
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Sagar Lonial Discusses Treating Patients With MyelomaSagar Lonial, MD, chief medical officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, discusses treating patients with myeloma.
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Assessing Barriers to Oral Oncolytic AdherenceKathy Oubre, MS, Chief Operating Officer, Pontchartrain Cancer Center in Covington, Louisiana, shares some barriers to adherence to oral oncolytics that patients may face.
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Future Focus: Ovarian Cancer in 2018 and BeyondOliver Dorigo, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, discusses the work ahead in the ovarian cancer field.
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Omid Hamid on Responses to Single Agent Immunotherapies Compared to CombinationOmid Hamid, MD, compares the responses of patients with melanoma on single-agent immunotherapy treatment to those on combination therapy treatments.
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Smita Bhatia on Treatment and Risk of Developing Other CancersSmita Bhatia, MD, MPH, discusses the relationship between treatment for cancer and the development of other cancers.
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Palliative Care: When Patients Understand It, They Are More Likely to Use ItA recent study determined that an education initiative could help to ease worries patients with cancer may have about palliative care, thus improving quality of life.
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Hackensack Meridian Health to Pilot Combined Watson for Oncology and Cota Technology to Power Value-Based Clinical Decision Support in Cancer CareIBM Watson Health, Cota and Hackensack Meridian Health have joined together to help oncologists make evidence- and outcomes-based clinical decisions for their cancer patients, which could reduce total cost of care.
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Screening Saves: Know Your Options And Talk to Your DoctorOn March 21, at 9 PM EST, the #CureConnect tweetchat will be focusing on screening and prevention. Sharyn Worrall, Patient Education Manager for FightCRC will be comoderating on this topic, which is especially important for colorectal cancer.
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Amelie Harle on Aprepitant's Effectiveness in Treating Cough in Lung CancerAmelie Harle, an oncologist at Christie Hospital in Manchester, United Kingdom, discusses the possibility of using aprepitant (Emend) to treat cough in patients with lung cancer.
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Transitioning Breast Cancer Survivors Back to Primary CareAfter being treated for breast cancer, nurse practitioners at MSK help survivors transition back to their primary care physicians.
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Expert Discusses Updates in Thyroid CancerThe past 10 years have shown significant updates for treatment of patients with thyroid cancer, beyond just targeted therapies.
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How Can We Help Patients Who Suffer from CIPN?Understanding the effects of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is imperative to be able to care for our patients better.
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Immunotherapy: Personalized Treatment for Advanced Prostate CancerIn April 2010, the FDA approved sipuleucel-T for patients with castration-resistant and metastatic prostate cancer, providing a new treatment that would help the body fight its own cancer.
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Wounded Healers in Oncology NursingBy being aware of one’s own woundedness (including the wound of our mortality) we can be more effective healers in our work as healthcare professionals.
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Reach Out and Communicate with Your Psycho-Oncology Interdisciplinary TeamElizabeth Archer-Nanda, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, psychiatric nurse specialist at the Norton Cancer Institute, would like you to pick up the phone and call your cancer patient's oncologist to set aside just one hour to round with him or her and brainstorm how to help your patient have the best possible quality of life.
