October 2013
Survivorship Care-Meeting the Challenges
November 20, 2013
Article
Partner Perspectives
This third and final installment emanating from our roundtable with oncology nursing experts focuses on survivorship, now universally recognized as a crucial aspect of oncology care.
Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Among African Americans
November 13, 2013
Article
Partner Perspectives
Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among African Americans. The CRC mortality rate among African Americans is 29.8% compared with 19.5% among Caucasians.
Providing Coordinated, Patient-Centered Survivorship Care
November 06, 2013
Article
Feature Story
The growing number of survivors of cancer in the United States today-nearly 14 million strong and rising-is indeed a cause for celebration.
Managing mTOR Inhibitor Side Effects in Breast Cancer
November 04, 2013
Article
Feature Story
Selecting the optimal treatment for postmenopausal patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) remains a challenge, given a preponderance of data for several approved therapeutics
The Benefits for Nurses of Using Psychosocial Cancer Registry Data
October 30, 2013
Article
Partner Perspectives
Registries, large databases of patient information collected in a systematic, standardized fashion, most often focus on biologic measures, such as pathology, radiology, and laboratory results, to track incidence and prevalence of disease as well as causative factors.
The Other Cancer Survivors
October 28, 2013
Article
Nurse's Notes
It's been well established now that cancer survivorship begins on the day of diagnosis. Despite the positive spin that this presents for patients, families, friends, and coworkers, most people still associate cancer survivorship with completing treatment and getting on with life.