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When patients hear the phrase palliative care, they sometimes feel their oncology team is "giving up on them," according to a survey of attendees at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 21st Annual Conference. Read More ›

At the heart of the oncology medical home is triage, according to Barbara McAneny, MD, Chief Executive Officer of New Mexico Cancer Center as well as Innovative Oncology Business Solutions (IOBS), where she also serves as chief medical officer. Read More ›

The creation of a dedicated wound ostomy care (WOC) team resulted in an almost complete elimination of pressure ulcers in a 74-bed hospital, according to nurses who created it and described the program at the Oncology Nursing Society 41st Annual Congress Read More ›

Newly diagnosed cancer patients face fear and uncertainty regarding their prognosis. Read More ›

A nurse-led initiative to discharge patients before noon has paid off at the Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, according to Kathleen Edmondson-Martin, MA, RN, OCN, Clinical Nurse Manager in the hospital's bone marrow transplant unit. Read More ›

Response is a poor outcome measure of immunotherapy, according to Tanguy Seiwert, MD, who addressed this and other concerning issues in immunotherapy at the 2016 Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. Read More ›

Cigarette smoking is associated with a wide variety of adverse health effects. Read More ›

Proper attention to dental care for patients with head and neck cancer can mean the difference between a good functional outcome and a poor one, according to a dental oncologist and nurse who described dental oncology at the Oncology Nursing Society 41st Annual Congress. Read More ›

An updated survivorship guideline from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) includes an extensive revision on addressing sexual function in cancer survivors. Read More ›

Although it is a rare disorder, approximately 14,000 new cases of sarcoma are diagnosed in the United States each year. Read More ›