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A recent study has found that the rates of colorectal cancer are rising in young adults.

Nurse and 2016 MPN Hero Erin Blackwell discusses MPNs and personalized care for patients.

A recent trial found that patients who receive telephone-based smoking cessation counseling at the time of lung cancer screening are more likely to quit smoking.

An update on ACA including

Oral adherence is a growing problem for patients with breast cancer.

Caregivers of cancer survivors have unique and specific needs as their loved ones with cancer enter into survivorship care.

Rosemary Ford, BSN, RN looks back on her nursing career, including her time spent in the early years of the Bone Marrow Transplant program led by Nobel Prize winner Donnall Thomas, MD.

After the presidential executive order limiting immigration on Friday, several oncology organizations responded with statements expressing concern.

Online, self-care, coping skills curriculum "Reimagine" helped relieve depression and fatigue in breast cancer survivors.

Nurses and pharmacists offer 7 quick tips for oral adherence in patients with cancer.

NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly discusses how cancer touched his family with his diagnosis of head and neck cancer, and his involvement in Your Cancer Game Plan.

A recent study found that a significant number of patients with advanced lung cancer were not receiving potentially beneficial treatment.

Results of a recent study show that patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer before the age of 40 or more likely to be at an increased risk of late effects such as hypertension, heart disease and osteoporosis.

The antidiabetic agent, pioglitazone, may possibly increase the risk of bladder cancer, according to the FDA.

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) seems to hang in the balance, medical organizations, advocacy groups and patients speak out on what they hope to see in the future of healthcare.

When clinicians explain randomization, a patient's understanding often depends on the individual patient’s level of health literacy and the language the clinician uses.

Patients with cancer who have Medicare and no supplemental health insurance have annual out-of-pocket medical costs which average to a quarter of their income.

Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses MPN awareness, his latest book, The Gene: An Intimate History, and "small data."

A recent study shows that the standard antibiotic treatment for C. Diff, oral vancomycin, can be used as an effective prophylactic against the infection

Oncology Nursing News looks back at the Top 10 articles posted this year.

A recent study reports that there are mary barriers Latina survivors of breast cancer face.

Bridgett Harr, CNP, explores some of the unique needs that patients with head and neck cancer face upon entering survivorship.

While the breast cancer mortality rate in many nations has declined, this is not true of South Korea and Latin America.

For patients with breast cancer who have undergone breast reconstruction surgery, radiation therapy could increase complications and lower patient-reported satisfaction.

Nurse practitioner Brianna Hoffner, MSN, NP, RN, discusses the important things to consider for an oncology nurse working with patients being treated with cancer immunotherapies.

A recent study suggests that if a patient with breast cancer shows no signs of cancer prior to adjuvant chemotherapy and no signs of cancer after a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), an axillary lymph node biopsy (ALNB) could be avoided.

An early-phase study potentially links hallucinogenic psilocybin to the relief of cancer-related depression and anxiety.

Upcoming studies at OSUCCC – James aim to determine the health effects of "vaping," smoking electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, or e-cigs) as compared to traditional cigarettes and on their own.

Mikel Ross discusses scalp cooling and how this treatment is changing the landscape for chemotherapy-induced alopecia.