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CURE magazine announces finalists for the Extraordinary Healer® Award for Oncology Nursing.

Alene Nitzky PhD, RN, OCN, incorporates creativity, authenticity, resourcefulness, and empathy into her career as a wellness consultant to survivors.

Nurses should be aware of the phenomenon of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Patient navigation is playing an increasingly vital role in guiding patients with breast cancer through the maze of the American healthcare system. The Patient Navigation Initiative is a pioneering project of Susan G. Komen of Greater New York City focused on helping women overcome barriers to care, which leads to improved outcomes.

Incorporating patient navigation into cancer care makes good business sense. This is the second in a series of articles about of patient navigation.

Empathy and cultural sensitivity enable navigators to be effective champions for patients with cancer. This is the third in a series of articles about patient navigation.

The year 2017 saw significant advancements in the field of bladder cancer treatment. Five Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals for checkpoint inhibitors in both the first and second line setting opened up the immunotherapy landscape, and more develoments are on the way.

Online courses address various topics including distress screening and management, survivorship, palliative care, pain management, communicating prognosis to patients, and hospice referral.

Over the last four years, the Coleman Supportive Oncology Collaborative (CSOC), a group of professionals from academic, community and public cancer centers and hospice providers, has been developinging tools and resources to address gaps in cancer care in the Chicago area.

Four companies drew the ire of the FDA this week for claiming that their products, derived from marijuana, can treat or even cure cancer.

A new study concludes that more education is needed for adults 60 and older who must make treatment decisions about their acute myeloid leukemia (AML) diagnosis.

Medical staff from the Hackensack Meridian Health system joined patients, survivors and their families for a day of fun and entertainment sponsored by the John Theurer Cancer Center.

A side-effect of some lung cancer treatments is turning some patient's gray hair darker again.