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    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    Oncology nurse education
    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    January 13, 2023
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    Pancreatic cancer
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    November 11, 2022
    The Life of Marie Curie and Her Contributions to Oncology
    Cancer treatments
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    November 07, 2022
    Post-Flooding Natural Disaster Cancer Considerations and Patient Education Points
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    September 28, 2022
    Can Patients Use Continuous Glucose Monitors During Radiation Therapy for Cancer?
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    August 19, 2022
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    Legislators Introduce Bill for Cancer Survivorship
    Cancer health policy

    Legislators Introduce Bill for Cancer Survivorship

    U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced the Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act in December 2022 to address gaps in survivorship care and formulate standards to improve quality of cancer care and navigation needs of survivors.

    January 25, 2023
    APRNs Collaborate With PCPs on Shared Survivorship Care Models
    Advanced Practice Nursing (APRN)

    APRNs Collaborate With PCPs on Shared Survivorship Care Models

    Although they’ve conquered cancer, survivors may develop late or long-term physical, psychosocial, practical, or spiritual effects from the disease or its treatment. For example, patients with breast cancer who have completed surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy should be monitored for recurrence, lymphedema, osteoporosis, and cardiac, hormone-related, and sexual issues.

    September 08, 2022
    Data Coordinators and Oncology Nurses Collaborate to Create Accurate, Comprehensive Survivorship Care Plans
    Survivorship care plans

    Data Coordinators and Oncology Nurses Collaborate to Create Accurate, Comprehensive Survivorship Care Plans

    Coordinating survivorship care plans is an integral part of cancer care. When the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Network experienced challenges in implementing survivorship care plans, it created a brand-new medical role—survivorship data coordinator—to “initiate case findings for eligible patients, track patients completing treatment, notify physicians and advanced practice providers to populate the survivorship care plan, and schedule survivorship care plan appointments.”

    September 06, 2022
    Nurse-Led  Survivorship Programs
    Survivorship

    Nurse-Led Survivorship Programs

    Survivors need support to resume a high-quality, healthy “new normal” life after they complete their treatment. The services of a cancer survivorship clinic or program may help them manage the physical and emotional implications involved with ongoing care.

    September 06, 2022
    Education, Insurance, and Marital Status Linked to Disparities in Survivorship Care Plans
    Survivorship care plans

    Education, Insurance, and Marital Status Linked to Disparities in Survivorship Care Plans

    Older cancer survivors who have lower levels of education, are uninsured, or are widowed, divorced, or separated are less likely to receive survivorship care plans (SCPs), researchers found. They reported the results of their study in Supportive Care in Cancer.

    January 05, 2022
    Nursing Considerations for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship

    Nursing Considerations for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Care

    Adolescent and young adults (AYAs)—those diagnosed between the ages of 15 and 39—comprise about 5% of all annual cancer diagnoses. The population has unique challenges that must be considered as part of patient-centered survivorship care planning.

    December 13, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Bladder Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship care plans

    Nursing Considerations for Bladder Cancer Survivorship Care

    Bladder cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the United States, with an estimated 83,730 adult diagnoses in 2021. Smoking is the greatest risk factor (47% of all cases occur in smokers), followed by advancing age and sex (assigned males are four times more likely to develop bladder cancer than those assigned female). The incidence rate in White people is double that of Black people, but Black people are twice as likely to die from the disease.

    October 07, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Thyroid Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship care plans

    Nursing Considerations for Thyroid Cancer Survivorship Care

    In 2021, approximately 44,000 people will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer, most commonly younger patients and assigned females at birth.

    September 16, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Lung Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship care plans

    Nursing Considerations for Lung Cancer Survivorship Care

    As Americans reduce tobacco use and treatment and diagnosis advance, lung cancer survivorship rates are improving; however, it still remains the second most common type of cancer. The growing population needs appropriate survivorship care.

    August 05, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Ovarian Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship

    Nursing Considerations for Ovarian Cancer Survivorship Care

    Historically, ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at advanced stages because of vague symptoms and presentation, but with new advancements in diagnosis and treatment options, patients with the disease are living longer than ever.

    July 09, 2021
    APRNs Are Essential in Survivorship Programs
    Survivorship care plans

    APRNs Are Essential in Survivorship Programs

    As the number of cancer survivors continues to grow in the United States, so too does the need for cancer survivorship programs. Oncology advanced practice RNs (APRNs) are essential team members as institutions develop and deliver comprehensive and holistic programs to meet survivors’ needs.

    June 10, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care
    Clinical practice

    Nursing Considerations for Prostate Cancer Survivorship Care

    Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among those assigned male at birth, with one in eight diagnosed during their lifetime. But with five-year survival rates of 90%, it’s also one of the most successful cancers to treat, making survivorship care even more important.

    June 03, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Melanoma Survivorship Care
    Melanoma

    Nursing Considerations for Melanoma Survivorship Care

    Breast, prostate, colorectal, and melanoma are the most common primary cancer sites among 58% of survivors. Advancements in immunotherapy and targeted therapies have significantly increased treatment options for a disease that once had very limited treatment options, markedly improving overall five-year survival rates for patients with melanoma. Yet survival rates vary depending on extent of disease (local versus metastatic) and ethnic minority disparities. Although the overall (all stages combined) five-year survival rate for White patients with melanoma is 93%, the rate drops to 87% for Hispanics and to just 23% for those with distant melanoma. 

    May 13, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship

    Nursing Considerations for Head and Neck Cancer Survivorship Care

    Despite accounting for only 3% of all cancer survivors, patients with head and neck cancers often require significant support and survivorship care. And oncology nurses can expect survivorship to grow with recent improvements in prognosis and treatment options, such as with reductions in human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal cancers, which tend to affect young people and offer improved long-term survival rates.

    April 08, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Care
    Survivorship care plans

    Nursing Considerations for Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Care

    As the third most common cancer among both men and women, colorectal cancer is a reality for the more than 1 million people in the United States who are living with or have a history of the disease. Advancements in early detection and treatment have improved outcomes, but many survivors experience late and long-term side effects that may vary in duration, intensity, and impact on their quality of life. Clinicians must tailor each survivorship care plan for a patient’s cancer type, stage, treatment received, psychosocial implications, and side effects or toxicities. Studies have shown that experiencing long-term side effects and symptoms can reduce survivors’ quality of life. 

    March 04, 2021
    The Case of the Sensitive Staging System
    Survivorship care plans

    The Case of the Sensitive Staging System

    Marianne, an oncology nurse navigator, is preparing a cancer treatment summary and survivorship care plan for Sylvia, who finished breast cancer treatment six weeks ago. Sylvia was treated with neoadjuvant therapy followed by mastectomy, reconstruction, and radiation. Her tumor was characterized as multifocal invasive ductal carcinoma, grade 2, estrogen and progesterone positive, and HER2/neu negative. Sylvia has no family history of breast cancer. Marianne notices that the oncologist recorded Sylvia’s cancer as a stage IB. Marianne wonders if the stage was determined before or after chemotherapy and surgery.

    February 15, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Lymphoma Survivorship Care
    Survivorship

    Nursing Considerations for Lymphoma Survivorship Care

    As treatments have advanced and patients and providers have more options, cure and survivorship rates for lymphomas are improving: five-year survival rates for Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma are 86% and 71%, respectively. Despite good results from treatment, research indicates that lymphoma survivors carry a significant amount of late and chronic effects. Even in a complete remission, late effects of treatment present a burden for patients' physical and psychosocial well-being.

    February 04, 2021
    Nursing Considerations for Breast Cancer Survivorship Care
    Breast cancer

    Nursing Considerations for Breast Cancer Survivorship Care

    More than 3.5 million people in the United States are living with a breast cancer diagnosis. Despite their large number, patients often report they do not receive appropriate follow-up care after completing treatment—and the situation is worsening, with pandemic-related delays in care affecting approximately half of breast cancer survivors.

    January 28, 2021
    Help AYA Survivors and Patients With Cancer Navigate Infertility
    Patient empowerment

    Help AYA Survivors and Patients With Cancer Navigate Infertility

    In part thanks to advancements in both cancer treatment and supportive care, the number of cancer survivors is expected to reach 22 million by 2030. Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients aged 15–39 constitute only 5% of new cancer diagnoses but have an 85% relative five-year survival rate. They represent a significant portion of all current and future cancer survivors and have unique needs, including reaching developmental milestones, coping with disruptions in personal and professional relationships, and encountering potential difficulties in family planning.  

    October 02, 2020
    Pediatric Cancer Survivors Require Additional Care and Monitoring
    Survivorship

    Pediatric Cancer Survivors Require Additional Care and Monitoring

    Most cancer diagnoses in the United States occur later in life, in patients older than 60 years, although most of the common pediatric diagnoses occur in those younger than 10 years. Pediatric and adult patients receive similar cancer therapies. The goal is to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells. Unfortunately, most of a child’s cells also undergo rapid division, and treatment can damage healthy tissue. Therefore, treatment that cures pediatric cancer can also cause long-term survivorship issues.

    July 14, 2020
    The Case Supporting the Seasons of Survivorship
    Survivorship

    The Case Supporting the Seasons of Survivorship

    Jamie is completing her last cycle of carboplatin and paclitaxel for stage I ovarian cancer. The oncology infusion nurse notices that Jamie appears withdrawn and nervous, so he takes time to ask her how she is feeling about completing treatment. Jamie responds, “I feel as frightened about finishing treatment as I did when I was diagnosed with cancer.” She also shares that she doesn’t want to ring the cancer center’s bell to ceremoniously signify the end of her treatment because she doesn’t want to “jinx it.”

    December 17, 2019
    ONS Congress

    Nurses Can Address the Challenges of Survivorship Care

    Early diagnosis and advancements in cancer treatment have markedly improved five-year cancer survival rates. By 2026, an anticipated 20.3 million cancer survivors will be living in the United States. On Saturday April 13, 2019, Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, discussed survivorship care and the challenges that nurses are perfectly positioned to address during a clinical chat at the ONS 44th Annual Congress in Anaheim, CA.

    April 13, 2019
    Study Finds Three Priority Steps to Improve Cancer Survivorship
    Survivorship

    Study Finds Three Priority Steps to Improve Cancer Survivorship

    Healthcare providers need to address three priority areas to improve outcomes for cancer survivors and support caregivers for patients with cancer, according to findings from an evidence review published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

    January 23, 2019
    How Are You Supporting Survivors Through EMR-Integrated Survivorship Care Plans?
    Survivorship care plans

    How Are You Supporting Survivors Through EMR-Integrated Survivorship Care Plans?

    Incorporating survivorship care plans into a hospital’s electronic medical records (EMRs) can be a tremendous aid for oncology nurses supporting their patients entering survivorship. Using the National Comprehensive Cancer Network treatment guidelines as a template for care, the oncology team can prepare a patient’s medical record with the necessary individualized information. 

    September 04, 2018
    American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

    Do Survivorship Care Plans Decrease Cancer Treatment Distress?

    Researchers conducted a randomized study to assess the impact of survivorship care plans (SCPs) on cancer survivors who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). They assessed confidence in survivorship information (primary analysis), as well as cancer treatment distress, knowledge of transplant exposures, health behaviors, healthcare use, and health general self-efficacy. Navneet S. Majhail, MD, MS, at the Taussig Cancer Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, discussed the findings at the ASH Annual Meeting.

    December 10, 2017
    Survivorship Care Planning
    Survivorship care plans

    How One Institution Implemented Survivorship Care Plans in the Age of the Electronic Medical Record

    More than a decade ago, the National Academy of Medicine first proposed that “all patients should be given a comprehensive summary and a clear explanation of the details of their cancer therapy as well as recommendations for necessary follow-up.” This seemingly simple task has proved difficult to deliver in many cancer care settings.

    October 05, 2017
    Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit

    Certification and Survivorship Care Plans Present Challenges for Nurse Navigators

    During a session at the Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit, ONS member Pamela J. Haylock, PhD, RN, FAAN, at the Association for Vascular Access in Medina, TX, and Cindy Stern, RN, MSN, CCRP, of the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Network, delivered a joint presentation about some of the hurdles nurse navigators face.

    June 17, 2017
    Darcy Burbage
    Coordinated care

    Creating and Sustaining Survivorship Care Plans in Practice

    With more than 15.5 million Americans living beyond cancer, it’s no surprise that more attention is being paid to survivorship than ever before. Once treatment ends, patients can be thrown back into a world after cancer with little or no attention paid to their concerns about recurrence, late effects from treatment, how to follow up with their future care, and a great many more unknowns.

    May 01, 2017
    Oncology nurse education on care planning
    Clinical practice

    Oncology Nurses Need Education About Survivorship Care Planning

    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.
    May 13, 2014
    Developing cancer survivor care plans
    Coordinated care

    Develop a Care Plan to Meet Specific Survivor Needs

    As discussed in the March 2012 ONS Connect Up Front article, “Life After Cancer,” the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer standards will require all of its accredited facilities to have survivorship care plans in place by 2015.
    May 14, 2013
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