Kate Sandstrom on Ensuring Patient Follow-Up With Radiation Oncology Teams
Kate Sandstrom, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN, discusses the importance of including the radiation oncology team in a patient’s long-term care plan.
Patients who undergo radiation therapy may experience a host of long-term side effects that their radiation team would be best equipped to deal with, explains Kate Sandstrom MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN.
Sandstrom currently works as a full-time nurse practitioner in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Seidman Cancer Center, University Hospitals Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and recently gave a presentation on late side effects at the 47th Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress.
In an interview ahead of her presentation with Oncology Nursing News®, Sandstrom discusses resources available to patients who have undergone radiation therapy, and the importance of emphasizing to the patient that they continue to follow up with the radiation oncology team.
Olaparib Plus Chemo May Not Improve Outcomes vs Chemo Alone in BRCA Wild-Type TNBC
April 23rd 2024Patients with BRCA wild-type triple-negative breast cancer treated with olaparib on a gap schedule with chemotherapy did not experience improved responses compared with chemotherapy alone in the neoadjuvant setting.
