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September is For The StarsFor most families across the country, September is notable as the first full month back at school. September marks the end of carefree summer days and a return to routine: Packing lunches. Rushing out the door. Homework before dinner. Bedtime battles.
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Pay Inequity in Nursing is Nothing New: A Special Commentary"Male nurses are found to earn about $5,000 more than female colleagues." (Not quite) shocking news!
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Lung Cancer Treatment Improves, But Stigma Does NotWhile treatment options for lung cancer have vastly improved over the last decade, attitudes toward the disease have actually gotten worse.
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Oncology Nursing in LebanonAs life expectancies grow longer in Lebanon, there is an increase in the amount of people diagnosed with cancer.
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Wendy Sanchez on Treating Patients With Breakthrough Cancer PainWendy Sanchez, ARNP, Florida Cancer Specialists, discusses treating patients with breakthrough cancer pain.
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Struggles in Full Biomarker Testing for Lung CancerWith minimally invasive procedures to test lung cancer tumors, there often isn't enough tissue to undergo a full biomarker test, pointing toward the strength of liquid biopsies, explained Lynette M. Sholl, MD, chief of thoracic pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
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Cytoreducive Nephrectomy in RCC: Challenges Nurses FaceThere are concerns when a patient undergoes a cytoreductive nephrectomy after immunotherapy or targeted therapy that nurses should be aware of.
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Olga Ivanov on Survivorship in Breast CancerOlga Ivanov, MD, surgeon at the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, discusses survivorship in breast cancer.
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Shi-Yi Wang on Shifting End-of-Life Treatment ParadigmsShi-Yi Wang, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, discusses the need for change in aggressive end-of-life cancer treatment.
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Survey Examines Burnout of Nurses Caring for Actively Dying PatientsGuided imagery intervention helped evaluate perceived stress levels among registered nurses, nurse educators and patient care associates.
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Laura Tang on Classifications of Neuroendocrine TumorsLaura Tang, MD, PhD, a pathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the classifications of advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
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Precision Cancer Therapies Program Brings New Hope to Gulf RegionWith the inception of its Precision Cancer Therapies Program, the Ochsner Cancer Institute has been able to expand availability of early phase clinical trials to patients who might otherwise have had to drive up to 5 or 6 hours to participate in one.
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Proceed With Caution: Transplants for Blood Cancer in the Era of COVID-19In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, transplant-eligible patients with cancer are undergoing careful assessment to determine whether they should proceed with the procedure or receive additional consolidation therapy to buy time, according to Naval G. Daver, MD.
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Methotrexate’s Approval Expanded to Include Pediatric ALLThe FDA expanded the approval of methotrexate to include patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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Kimberly Jewett Discusses Pathology as Part of the Treatment ProcessKimberly Jewett discusses how retrieving her pathology report delayed the treatment process. Jewett says pathologists should come out from behind the microscope and engage with patients.
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Puneeth Iyengar on Nutrition and Hydration for Patients with Lung Cancer.Dr. Puneeth Iyengar expresses the importance of nutrition and hydration for patients with stage III lung cancer.
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Breast Cancer Recurrence ... Many Years LaterOne of the great mysteries in oncology practice is the return of breast cancer many years after its initial diagnosis and treatment. And by many years, I mean 15 or even 20 years later, at a time when a woman least expects it to return.
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Study Shows Need for Evidence-Based, Educational Material for Providers and Patients with Metastatic Breast CancerRecent research highlighted the need for reliable information to address the educational and psychosocial needs of patients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer.
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Nina Kaden-Lottick Describes Challenges in Survivor CareNina Kaden-Lottick describes some common challenges in survivor care.
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Case Presentation: Myelodysplastic SyndromesMyelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of hematological conditions affecting the blood stem cells in the bone marrow.
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Preparing Oncology Nurses to Provide Palliative Care to Patients and FamiliesResearch has demonstrated that integrating palliative care early for patients with advanced cancer improves outcomes such as quality of life, mood, patient satisfaction, prognostic understanding, health service use, and survival.
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Mosunetuzumab Shows High Response Rates in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular LymphomaMosunetuzumab, an off-the-shelf outpatient therapy with a fixed duration of treatment, demonstrated promising responses in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.
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GI Cancer Treatment Is a Team SportThe treatment of gastrointestinal cancers is a team sport, and nurses are key players.
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Fertility Preservation in Breast Cancer SurvivorsAn increasing focus in oncology care is on survivorship and quality-of-life issues that arise once patients are living beyond treatment. For female breast cancer patients, important survivorship issues include sexual and reproductive health.
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Kathy Wilkinson on the Need for a Dedicated Clinical Trial NurseKathy Wilkinson, RN, BSN, OCN, Manager, Cancer Research, Billings Clinic Cancer Center, discusses the need for a dedicated clinical trial nurse.
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Hazardous Drugs and Reproductive Effects: Understanding the RisksNurses may not be aware of the reproductive risks of exposure to hazardous drugs, but the new USP Chapter requires a formal notification process.
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Value-Based Oncology Care Delivery Falls Short of Addressing Patients' Psychosocial NeedsThe ongoing dialogue regarding healthcare payment reform that attempts to incentivize high-value care by linking reimbursement to quality rather than quantity has largely ignored the ultimate consumer/buyer—the patient.
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Amanda Yopp, NP, Discusses Clinical Trial EducationAmanda Yopp, NP, Clinical Nurse Educator, Takeda Oncology, discusses educating patients before they enroll on a clinic trial.
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Dr. Neumayer on Patient Education Following a Breast Cancer DiagnosisLeigh A. Neumayer, MD, professor of surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, co-director of the multidisciplinary team treating breast cancer at Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses patient education following a breast cancer diagnosis.
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Kyung Chu on Treating Different Subtypes of the KRAS MutationKyung Chu, RN, NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, discusses treating patients with different subtypes of KRAS mutation.
