Kilian Salerno on Assessing Cancer Risk
Kilian Salerno, director of Breast Radiation and Soft Tissue/Melanoma Radiation, Roswell Park Cancer Center, discusses assessing cancer risk.
Kilian Salerno, director of Breast Radiation and Soft Tissue/Melanoma Radiation, Roswell Park Cancer Center, discusses assessing cancer risk.
Some nurses and oncologists are using nomograms to help assess patients’ risk for cancer or recurrence. But even with nomograms, patient-specific, clinical, and pathologic factors considered, getting a definite answer is still problematic. So, healthcare staff must work with the patients to get an accurate assessment as possible, and then choose a treatment plan from there.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
August 2nd 2025Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
August 2nd 2025Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
