Videos

After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Susan Rafte and her sister started The Pink Ribbons Project is a Houston-based nonprofit that provides surrounding communities with access to fundamental breast health services via awareness programs, fundraising events and community collaboration.

Paula Raska, a research associate from the Cleveland Clinic, discusses a study of patient navigation.

Freya R. Schnabel, MD, discusses the importance of choosing individualized treatment options for patients with breast cancer.

Joseph Ravenell, MD, MS, discusses some of the challenges with screening black men for colon cancer.

Holly Pederson, MD, discusses the unique contributions of nurses on her team.

Rajni Kannan discusses the role of nurses in skin cancer prevention education.

Samantha Ganey Aquino discusses results from a study of pain assessment.

Kathleen M. Madden discusses the management of adverse events (AEs) with BRAF and MEK inhibitors for the treatment of patients with melanoma.

Gwendolyn Quinn, PhD, discusses the importance of educating nurses and physicians about reproductive health.

Blake A. Morrison, PharmD, vice president, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, discusses adverse events associated with new agents to treat patients with multiple myeloma.

Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior advisor for nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses what it means to

Smita Bhatia, MD, MPH, discusses the relationship between treatment for cancer and the development of other cancers.

Danielle Novetsky Friedman, a general pediatrician in the Pediatric Long-Term Follow-Up Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), discusses a study investigating the mechanisms leading to abnormal glucose and insulin dynamics in survivors of childhood cancers.

Kevin Oeffinger, MD, Director of the Cancer Survivorship Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the importance of cancer survivorship in the primary care setting.

Robin B. Brenner, RN, CRN, OCN, clinical research nurse, David M. Rubinstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses adverse events associated with Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection; MM-398) for pancreatic cancer.

Mary McCabe, director, Cancer Survivorship Initiative, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the evolution of survivorship care.

Amy Callahan, RN, DNP, CRNP, AOCNS, nurse manager, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, discusses barriers to safe handling of chemotoxic materials.

Phyllis McKiernan, MSN, APN, OCN, nurse practitioner, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, discusses blood and marrow transplantation and treating chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with targeted therapies.

Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Dermatology, director, Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses patients who are at high risk for developing melanoma.

Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior advisor for nursing, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, discusses the benefits of nurse residency programs.

G. Thomas Budd, MD, medical oncologist, Taussig Cancer Center at Cleveland Clinic, discusses genomic profiling for targeted therapies.

Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, deputy chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, director, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses graft versus host disease (GVHD) after a bone marrow transplant.

Debu Tripathy, MD, chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses hormonal therapy for advanced and early-stage breast cancer.

Lisa Carey, MD, professor of medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses the need to minimize interventions for breast cancer treatment.

Marie Wood, MD, medical oncologist, University of Vermont, discusses the correlation between aspirin use and lower breast density.

Hope S. Rugo, MD, director of Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the DigniCap cooling system to reduce the severity and frequency of hair loss in patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer.

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, hematologic oncologist, chief, Myeloma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses treating smoldering multiple myeloma.

William Wierda, MD, PhD, medical director, Leukemia Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in young and elderly patients.

Michael Mauro, MD, hematologist and leader of the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses cessation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment for therapy-free remission. 

Mark Kris, MD, William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the benefits of new therapies for lung cancer.