Brielle Benyon

The FDA approved venetoclax plus azacitadine, decitabine, or low-dose cytarabine for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

Oncology nurses are key players in promoting health heart practices after a patient finishes cancer treatment.

Reference sheets gave new and experienced nurses alike snapshots of important information.

The FDA approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

While CAR T-cell therapy is causing landmark changes to difficult-to-treat blood cancer populations, most patients have experienced some adverse events in clinical trials.

Although many patients will eventually relapse, the first remission is the deepest, according to one expert.

We polled our audience about their comfort levels with end-of-life conversations.

Nurses need to know which patients are at risk and the tools to use to diagnose cardiac toxicities.

Black and Hispanic patients with cancer, as well as people with blood cancers, showed higher rates of COVID-19 diagnoses than the general cancer population.

It is important that clinicians discuss weight gain with breast cancer survivors, but a one-size-fits-all approach won’t work for this topic.

Take our survey and tell us how your voice is heard, and where nurses need to be a bigger part of the conversation.

The FDA approved nivolumab (Opdivo) plus ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the frontline treatment of adults with unresectable, malignant, pleural mesothelioma (MPM), according to Bristol Myers Squibb, the manufacturer of the immunotherapy agents.

A professional social media presence can be beneficial for oncology nurses and their followers, but there are a few guidelines that nurses should keep in mind.

More than half of the studies surveyed did not alleviate all 3 “cluster” symptoms of pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbances.

Treatment for gynecologic cancer can negatively impact sexual health, yet many clinicians still feel uncomfortable about discussing these adverse events with their patients.

Repeated education and other protocols can decrease the spread of this deadly infection.

The new rule outlines procedures for the importation of drugs that were manufactured outside of the United States.

Women who were prescribed non-opioid pain management after their gynecologic cancer procedure tended to have quick recoveries.

Pain management is both an art and a science, according to Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN

What can nurses do when they feel powerless to make a morally just decision at work?

Patient education is key in reducing stress, so 1 nurse made a 3D model to help better inform her patients.

Most notably, Ginsburg wrote an opinion on the court case United States v. Virginia, which held that all-male admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute – which was state funded – was unconstitutional.

Nurses need to know where patients are getting their cannabis products and should look out for a few red flags.

Nurses should discuss fertility preservation with all eligible patients and provide them with up-to-date information to make their decision.

Patients should not brush their teeth immediately after vomiting, but there are other steps they can take to protect their teeth.

The FDA approved the CINtec PLUS Cytology test to help determine if HPV-positive women need further diagnostic procedures to prevent cervical cancer.

It is crucial that oncology nurses have open lines of communications with their patients when it comes to adverse events.

It is crucial that oncology nurses monitor for cardiac complications in their patients with hematologic malignancies. And when one is discovered, they must act.

Nurses play a key role in ensuring that patients with gynecologic cancer understand the results and implications of genetic testing.

Chemotherapy agents are excreted through urine and feces, and a recent study found that both patient and staff bathrooms were contaminated.