Fighting Cancer as a Community
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.
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.
At the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of Community Cancer Centers during Barrett's presentation, Come Together: A Health Disparities & Equity Cancer Program Built on Community Collaboration, Barrett emphasized this point, outlining the benefits of reaching out to community members, patients with cancer and their caregivers.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
March 18th 2016Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the institution's newly-developed nomogram that can help women make treatment decisions about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
