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In this episode of “The Vitals,” 2 veteran oncology nurses discuss the value of mentorship—particularly for novice nurses.

In this episode of “The Vitals,” Nikki Urban, RN, discusses the successful implementation of a phone triage program at Allegheny Health Network.

On this episode of “The Vitals,” an expert in genetics discusses ongoing research to address cisplatin-induced hearing loss in pediatric patients with cancer.

In this episode of “The Vitals,” 2 health care professionals discuss how to safely celebrate the holidays in oncology units.

“It is not a ‘one and done kind of thing.” It is very important to implement these skills throughout the community. It's a practice. It's a behavioral change.”

“Previously, this mutation has been undruggable, but this is now changing.”

“I think the biggest [change] that we’ve seen is the addition of adjuvant or consolidated chemotherapy following the completion of concurrent chemotherapy and radiation. We have seen the 4-year overall survival data now and the 5-year update from the PACIFIC study in the adjuvant setting, obviously confirming the initial signal that patients who have initiation of immunotherapy early carry a significant risk reduction for progression and overall survival…”

“We’ve had periods of time where things were shut down. We do have telemedicine, that was expanded, but telemedicine doesn’t work for everyone. If you don’t have internet access, if you don’t have the ability to understand the technology….”

Over half of the states in the United States have legalized medical cannabis. What does that mean for nurses who care for patients with cancer?

In this episode of “The Vitals,” an oncology nurse practitioner and certified yoga instructor discusses simple mindfulness strategies that can improve resiliency, leading to fewer feelings of clinician burnout.

Certain patient characteristics correlated with a higher rate of fear of cancer recurrence.