December 2020

As the year 2020 comes to a close, health care providers around the globe may be looking back at the challenges they have faced and the struggles they continue to withstand as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues.

Four oncology nurse practitioners sat down and discussed the recent developments in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer and how to manage this group of patients during a worldwide pandemic.

When administering oral therapies for HER2+ breast cancer, discuss adverse events and medication adherence.

Oncology nurses do not realize how appreciated they truly are. See the heartfelt thanks that patients shared.

Early on, oncology nurses knew that cancer wasn’t going to stop for COVID-19, and so neither could they.

Nurses can take several steps — from stigma reduction to treatment considerations — to improve the care of patients with cancer who have HIV or AIDS.