Lisa Barbarotta Answers: What Do Patients Want to Know about Myelodysplastic Syndrome?
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.
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.
MDS is complicated and rare, the diagnosis often involving complex genetic information. It can be difficult to explain these conditions to patients. However, surveys have narrowed down the information that patients most want: the characteristics of their disease, their prognosis, and the expectations and goals of their treatments. Focusing on these topics can help to give patients the information that they need.
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).
