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Oncology nurses are administering hazardous drugs every day. While some take precaution by using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), others take a much riskier approach.

Researchers have discovered that shorter, more intensive radiation treatment for patients in the early stages of prostate cancer can be performed without compromising cancer control.

On May 25, 2016, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released evidence-based, resource-stratified global recommendations on the management and palliative care of women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer.

Though there are few therapeutic options for patients with myelofibrosis, ruxolitinib (Jakafi) represents an important look towards the future, according to Maureen E. Thyne, a physician assistant in the Outpatient Leukemia Service at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Research suggests that 25% to 40% of individuals receiving chemotherapy experience persistent mild to moderate cognitive changes, and a study of breast cancer survivors suggests that a new type of psychotherapy delivered by videoconference may help reduce these effects, often referred to as “chemobrain.”

Resources and information about possible loss of fertility after cancer treatment and preservation measures to prevent infertility are sorely lacking for young women, according to a new study.

Researchers conducted interviews of patients’ decision-makers to determine how well their understanding of a patient’s prognosis aligned with the physician’s prognostic estimate. The patients were receiving care in the intensive care unit and were identified by physicians as having a high risk of death.

Older patients with cancer experience greater declines in physical functioning, according to a recent study published in the journal Cancer. Further, these patients also were at an increased risk of depression.

Intercom announcements, bright lights, nurses bustling in and out of rooms—faced with these disturbances in a hospital, any patient would likely get a terrible night’s sleep.

Adults with HIV and cancer are less likely to receive cancer treatment than patients who are solely suffering from cancer, according to a recent study published in the journal Cancer.

The 3-year survival rate of patients with advanced melanoma treated with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) has reached 40%, with many responders in remission even after stopping treatment.

Early palliative care integrated with oncology care benefits not only patients with cancer but also family caregivers.

The FDA granted the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq) an accelerated approval as a treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

A collaborative patient reported outcome (PRO)-based care approach resulted in better outpatient symptom management and a decrease in end-of-life hospitalizations and costs for late-stage cancer patients.

The FDA granted nivolumab (Opdivo) accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) that has relapsed or progressed after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and posttransplantation brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris).

Results of a new study show that women who typically slept less than the recommended 7 hours per night and were frequent snorers in the years before their cancer diagnosis experienced a poorer prognosis.

A retrospective analysis conducted by researchers at Kaiser Permanente and UCLA has concluded that patients with breast cancer treated with aromatase inhibitors (AIs) as adjuvant endocrine therapy were at equal risk of serious cardiovascular disease (CVD) events as those treated with tamoxifen.

The topic of sex is often difficult to discuss. Yet for many patients with cancer and survivors, sexual dysfunction is a widespread and unfortunate reality of their cancer treatment.

The FDA is getting praise from oncology groups for its landmark decision to regulate electronic cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco, pipe tobacco, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).

Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, began her professional career as an English professor, but changed direction when she returned to school to study nursing.

Although androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has a survival benefit for patients with high-risk and locally advanced prostate cancer, it is associated with substantial safety concerns, and mixed data exist regarding whether ADT causes clinically significant depression.

The US Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991 to address whether exposure to herbicides, such as Agent Orange, contributed to long-term health effects in Vietnam veterans.

A study of more than 2400 women with early-stage breast cancer has found that those who fasted 13 hours or more at night reduced their risk of breast cancer recurrence, findings that suggest prolonging the nightly fasting interval may offer a relatively safe nonpharmacologic way for women with early breast cancer to lower their risk of disease recurrence.