Best Practices

In this month’s issue of The Oncology Nurse-APN/PA (TON), we continue our coverage of the news from the recent Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 39th Annual Congress and the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Read More ›

With little information in the literature, oncology professionals may feel insecure about the use of chemotherapy in a pregnant patient. Read More ›

Patients with terminal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may be a poorly understood group, according to the findings of quality-of-life research conducted by Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, whose special interests are end-of-life issues and ethics. Read More ›

Clinicians want to provide excellent patient care without having to appraise every new study in their field, but producing the “authoritative, instructive resource for most clinical scenarios” is not as straightforward as it would seem, according to David Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. Read More ›

Updates to the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) were presented at the NCCN’s 2013 Annual Conference. Read More ›

Some people are so addicted to tobacco that a diagnosis of cancer is not enough to make them quit smoking. Read More ›

Evidence-based guidelines translate research into practice and are intended to reduce variations in cancer care and promote excellence. Read More ›

The cancer patient who develops malglycemia (another word for hyperglycemia experienced by nondiabetic patients)—either due to cancer itself or to drugs patients take for their cancer—is somewhat of a “hot potato.” Read More ›

Oral chemotherapy presents unique issues, including safety and toxicity, and advance planning is essential. Read More ›

Real-life experience translated into a research interest for Fedricker Barber, RN, ANP, AOCNP, of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Read More ›