A well-known and well-liked patient on the oncology unit, Ms. M, had been responding well to a treatment regimen for metastatic cancer but had a rare side effect from one of the chemotherapy drugs: progressive and paralyzing extremity weakness.
Oncology nurses develop close relationships with their patients partly because they spend so much time with them and partly because they care for them when they are vulnerable.
I love quotes. I love collecting them from books, movies, speeches, etc. and writing them down to reflect on. The 39th Annual ONS Congress in Anaheim was a gold mine of great quotes and information.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently identified end-of-life chemotherapy as one of the top-five practices that could improve patients’ care and reduce costs, if stopped.
Since the Institute of Medicine called attention to it in its seminal 2005 report, From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition, cancer survivorship has been a hot-button topic.
Oncology clinical trial results form the backbone of oncology medicine. How well do you understand the tables, plots, and statistics generated as a result of clinical research? During the recent ONS Congress, many presenters displayed new study data using charts with naturalistic names, such as waterfall, skyline, forest, and spider plots.
On April 21, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ramucirumab for use as a single agent for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic, gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma with disease progression on or after prior treatment with fluoropyrimidine- or platinum-containing chemotherapy.
I saw something recently that made my alarms go off screaming "Med error! Med error!" I was about to get medication for my patient when a nurse jumped in front of me. I didn't mind; I had enough time and figured that he must be in a hurry. I saw him get medication out for his patient. Then, I saw him get medication out for a second patient.
The war on cancer began in 1971 when Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. Since then, the war rages on. MD Anderson vows to make cancer history. Walking fundraisers urge people to join the fight, one step at a time. People who win the battle against cancer are survivors and those who don't—did they not fight hard enough?
A new international study reported in Nutrients has found that certain lifestyle factors—specifically, eating diets high in animal products and smoking—have the strongest association with cancer rates compared to other risk-modifying factors.
