Grant Williams on the Effects of Losing Muscle Mass During Cancer Treatment
Grant Williams, MD, clinical instructor and research fellow at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, discusses the impact the losing skeletal muscle mass has on elderly patients with cancer.
Grant Williams, MD, clinical instructor and research fellow at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, discusses the impact that losing skeletal muscle mass has on elderly patients with cancer.
For all patients with cancer, losses in muscle mass can lead to an increased risk for toxicity, overall complications, and even death. Be it from cancer treatment or other health factors, Williams said that it is important that researchers work on better defining these muscular issues so that interventions, such as nutrition, exercise, and treatment changes, can be implemented to give patients the best possible prognosis.
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).
