Allie Casey
Articles
Removing Barriers to Improve Care
August 02, 2017
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Nurse navigators at Sarah Cannon use oncology pathways to help ensure patient access to seamless care across the cancer continuum.
Looking Ahead for Myelodysplastic Syndrome
July 26, 2017
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Rami Komrokji, MD, discusses the advances that have been made in myelodysplastic syndrome MDS in the past few years, as well as the MDS Clinical Research Consortium and its importance.
Rare Ovarian Cancers: Treatment and Challenges
July 25, 2017
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Ovarian cancer expert, David M. Gershenson, MD, from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discusses thre treatments for some of the rare types of ovarian cancers and the challenges to treating these diseases.
Nurses as a Driving Force to Change Clinical Practice
July 20, 2017
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Karley Trautman, DNP, ANP-BC, explains her efforts to improve the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE), as well as the rates of recurrence of VTE in the Blood Cancer and Bone Marrow Transplant program of University of Colorado Hospital.
Moving Forward Together 3: Breast Cancer Survivors Exercising Together
July 14, 2017
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Moving Forward Together 3 is a study evaluating how to get breast cancer survivors exercising, by using other breast cancer survivors as coaches.
Research Equity: Overcoming Barriers to Clinical Trials
July 11, 2017
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Barriers to clinical trials can more acutely affect patients in minority and other groups -- such as the elderly.
Visible Ink: Program Helps Patients Express Emotions Through Writing
July 07, 2017
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The Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center helps patients and survivors express their stories and feelings through writing.
Suicide Risk and Lung Cancer: Are Clinicians Aware?
June 28, 2017
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Researchers found that the rate of suicide in patients with lung cancer is much higher than those with other types of cancer.
Practitioner Groups Respond to Senate's Plan to Repeal the Affordable Health Care Act
June 23, 2017
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As the Senate revealed their healthcare reconciliation bill, healthcare advocacy and profession organizations weighed in.
Automatic Palliative Care Consultations for Advanced Cancer Can Increase Value of Cancer Care
June 22, 2017
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The use of standard criteria for palliative care consultations in patients with advanced cancer is associated with an improvement in the quality of oncology care, as well as a reduction in downstream healthcare utilization.