Jeffrey Jones Discusses Nurses' Impact on Patient Compliance
December 15th 2015Jeffrey Jones, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Internal Medicine and section head of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) research program at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses how nurses can help patients comply with taking their oncology drugs.
Michael Soulen on Radioembolization of Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases
December 10th 2015Michael Soulen, MD, a professor of radiology and surgery at the Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, discusses radioembolization to treat liver metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) as well as the efficacy of embolization in treating NETs.
John Kirkwood on Training Physicians on Skin Examinations
December 3rd 2015John Kirkwood, MD, Usher professor, Medicine, Dermatology and Translational Science, co-director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Program, University of Pittsburgh, discusses training physicians on skin examinations for detecting melanoma.Â
Sancy Leachman on the Mole Mapping App
December 2nd 2015Sancy Leachman, MD, PhD, professor and chair, Department of Dermatology, director, Melanoma Research Program, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, discusses the mobile app Mole Mapper, which allows patients to measure and monitor their moles for melanoma.
Alison Morris on Screening for Distress and Nurse-Led Algorithms
November 18th 2015Alison Morris, RN, OCN, a Hematology/Oncology nurse practitioner at Stanford Health Care, discusses screening patients with cancer for emotional and physical distress as well as developing a nurse-led algorithm to categorize distress.
Anita Nirenberg on Patients Newly Diagnosed with Cancer
October 30th 2015Anita Nirenberg, PhD, RN, AOCNP, PNP-BC, FAAN, a professor of clinical nursing and associate director for Nurse Practitioner Specialties at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, discusses how nurses should approach patients newly diagnosed with cancer.