Susan Mazanec on Activation for Health Management
April 28th 2015Susan R. Mazanec, PhD, RN, AOCN, Research Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, discusses a study that examined activation for health management in colorectal cancer patients and their family caregivers during the transition to post-treatment survivorship.
Carmela Hoefling on Understanding Pancreatic Cancer
April 14th 2015Carmela Hoefling, RN, MSN, APN-C, AOCNP, advanced practice nurse, Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Oncology Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discusses the findings of a project on pancreatic treatment, care, and risk factors.
Jacquelyn Lauria, RN, on Including Primary Care Doctors in Survivorship Care Plans
April 8th 2015Jacquelyn Lauria, RN, MSN, APN-C, AOCNP, Advanced Practice Nurse, Stacey Goldstein Breast Cancer Center, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discusses the importance of including a cancer survivor's primary care doctor in the survivorship care plan.
Dr. Sanft on Creating Survivorship Care Plans for Patients in Small Practices
April 6th 2015Tara Sanft, MD, assistant professor of medicine (medical oncology), medical director, Adult Survivorship, Yale Cancer Center Survivorship Clinic, explains how small practices and cancer centers can successfully create survivorship plans for their cancer patients.
Dr. Hudis on the Challenges of Understanding Obesity and Cancer
March 31st 2015Clifford A. Hudis, MD, chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the challenges of understanding the link between obesity and cancer.
Dr. Hirshfield Discusses Screening Patients for Genetic Mutations
March 30th 2015Kim M. Hirshfield, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Stacy Goldstein Breast Cancer Center, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, discusses selecting individuals to screen for genetic mutations and the challenges of better selecting patients to screen.