Questions about side effects? Your patients' perhaps not so surprising source for answers

Many cancer patients go to the Internet with their questions about side effect management. But the information they glean is from reliable sources—other cancer patients.

Fear of lymphedema after sentinel lymph node biopsy greater than risk

Despite the low risk of lymphedema after sentinel lymph node biopsy, most women worry about this complication and practice risk-reducing behaviors to avoid it.

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Molecular Targets and 
Emerging Options for Care

This activity from myCME offers a review of groundbreaking molecular research and novel treatment options for patients with NSCLC.

Radiotherapy side effects: Understanding pelvic radiation disease

The key to managing this late effect is patient education because it can manifest long after patients complete radiotherapy.

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Features

The impact of cancer treatment on cardiovascular risk factors

The oncology community is well aware that cancer therapy is fraught with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Of the almost 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, many are more likely to die of CVD...

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Everolimus overcomes trastuzumab resistance in HER2+ early breast cancer

Some patients with early breast cancer had a benefit in clinical response rate when everolimus was added to trastuzumab treatment, though the benefit was statistically nonsignificant. These puzzling results suggested that this benefit was independent of the molecular pathways that could be expected to be involved.

Basal-cell carcinoma targeted by new deoxyribozyme drug

A new class of drugs targeting the genetic material of skin cancer has been successfully tested in humans for the first time. This opens the way to new treatments for a range of conditions from skin cancers to eye diseases.

FDA wants warning labels on tanning devices

The FDA is proposing that indoor tanning beds and booths carry labels that warn minors not to use these products.

Prostate cancer comorbidities increase other-cause death risk for men

For older men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer, comorbidities increase risk of other-cause death mortality.

DDW: Full-spectrum preferred over forward-viewing colonoscopy

Increased polyp and adenoma detection rates are associated with use of full-spectrum endoscopy colonoscope.

ASCO: Midlife fitness may protect against lung cancer

High fitness has been linked to reductions in risk of developing and dying from lung, colorectal cancer.

Fact Sheets

Sources of Financial Assistance

Sources of Financial Assistance

Patients can use these resources to seek out financial assistance available for people with cancer.

Coping With Cancer as a Young Adult

Coping With Cancer as a Young Adult

This fact sheet provides tips for younger patients who are coping with cancer.

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Ann J. Brady, MSN, RN-BC

Jia Conway, DNP, FNP-BC, AOCNP, NP-C

Michele M. Farrington, BSN, RN, CPHON

Donald R. Fleming, MD

Arati Jairam-Thodla, MSN, CNP

Karen MacDonald, RN, BSN, CPON

Marlene McGuire, RN, MA, ANP-C

Kerstin L. McSteen, BSN, MSN, ACHPN, CNS-BC

Helen H. Miller, LCSW, ACSW

Maribel Pereiras, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP

Leah A. Scaramuzzo, MSN, RN-BC, AOCN

Lisa A. Thompson, PharmD, BCOP

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