Videos

Howard Cohen, RPh, MS, FASHP, director of oncology pharmacy services, Smilow Cancer Center, Yale New Haven Health, discusses the challenges of cancer treatment from a pharmacy perspective.

Kathy Oubre, MS, Chief Operating Officer, Pontchartrain Cancer Center in Covington, Louisiana, shares some barriers to adherence to oral oncolytics that patients may face.

With 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.

As part of an ambitious plan to transform the culture at Vidant Health and improve the experience of patients and team members alike, Oehlert helped reframe the organization’s goals to consider kindness and compassion as part of strategic excellence.

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.

Nurses can take part in turning the tide against the disease.

Ascertaining family history and promoting screening are key.

John Marshall, MD, explains that health care providers need to retool their thinking when young people present with GI complaints, and be open to the possibility that these could indicate colon cancer.

Nurses can help coach and push patients and their physicians along to do the steps that are needed to get good screening, says John Marshall, MD.

In just over 5 years, the growth and development in the field of breast cancer have been astronomical. Julie Nangia, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, discusses the recent explosion of knowledge about non-BRCA genes, and the significant progress in therapies targeted to BRCA mutation carriers.

Oliver 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.

Oliver Dorigo, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology), Stanford University Medical Center, discusses recent exciting developments in the ovarian cancer field.

Jim Kelly, NFL Hall of Famer, discusses how nurses inspire him.

Jason Luke, MD, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Medicine, discusses what he hopes the future of advanced melanoma treatment will look like.

Comprehensive geriatric oncology programs are often found in academic medical centers, but that does not mean that community oncology settings cannot establish something similar as well, says Janine Overcash, PhD, associate professor of clinical nursing and director of the Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program at The Ohio State University.

Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., director of the Office of Health Equity and Disparities at the Duke Cancer Institute, discusses the importance of creating meaningful community partnerships that can improve health outcomes.

Jan Lewin, PhD, section chief of Speech Pathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses head and neck lymphedema.

Sandra Ruland, RN, OCN, says she has to strike a delicate balance when talking to patients about how they use the internet to research their cancer.

Kerry Nichols, RN, BSN, OCN, explains their nurse navigator-led smoking cessation program.

Dawn Frambes, PhD, RN, discusses the importance of involving the caregivers (and other friends and family) in the delivery of treatments for symptom management.

Megan Hoffman, MSN, RN, CMSRN, AOCNS, discusses the importance of nurse's understanding genomics so their patients can get the full benefit.

Peer Exchange

Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN, gives advices to nurses who might be considering an international nurse training program, such as the Middle East Cancer Consortium.

Rosanne Casal, MSN, APN-BC, AOCNP, of University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center discusses why patients with cancer should not be sent through the emergency room.

Michael Kelley, MD, National Program Director of Oncology for the Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke at the Cancer Support Community's "Cancer Moonshot: 1 Year Later" event about distributing precision medicine to patients all over the country.

Lauren Belive of Lyft spoke at the Cancer Support Community's "Cancer Moonshot: One Year Later" about the work Lyft is doing to help patients with cancer make it to their appointments.

Lisa Barbarotta, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCNS, of Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital, talks about how difficult it can be to explain myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) to patients who may never have heard about the condition before.