Splitting or crushing oral cancer medications

Which medicines can be split or crushed for administration?

Educating nurses about educating patients: Mind your words

"That's not what I said." Nurses need to be attentive to the signs of how a patient understands what they are told.

Patient navigator: A role for nurses that goes beyond clinical care

Cancer care entails a confusing labyrinth of screenings, tests, and treatments. This emerging role for nurses is becoming increasingly vital to achieve ideal patient outcomes.

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.

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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Relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma not detected by imaging scans

Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, according to a new study. The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical examination or an abnormal blood test at the time of relapse, researchers say.

Late recurrence risk in breast cancer differentiated by gene expression test

Patients at higher or lower risk for having their cancer recur elsewhere in the body more than 5 years after diagnosis can be differentiated by a gene expression test. The test measures the expression levels of 58 genes in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. These research results were presented at the 5th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference in Brussels, Belgium.

Locally advanced pancreatic cancer responds to FOLFIRINOX

FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy plus chemoradiation helped make resection possible in locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

Digital breast tomosynthesis may be preferable to mammography

Digital breast tomosynthesis may be more accurate than mammography but with greater radiation exposure, additional study comparing the detection methods would be beneficial.

IMRT offers no significant benefit over CRT following prostatectomy

No significant difference in morbidity, cancer control for men treated post-prostatectomy using Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) over conformal radiotherapy (CRT).

NLST: Low-dose helical CT preferable for early lung cancer detection

Initial results confirm more positive screening results, diagnostic procedures, cancer ID'd with CT versus standard chest X-rays.

Fact Sheets

Caring Advice for Caregivers: How Can You Help Yourself?

Caring Advice for Caregivers: How Can You Help Yourself?

Caregivers need care, too. Patients can share this fact sheet with their support systems.

Melanoma: Causes and Prevention

Melanoma: Causes and Prevention

Melanoma is one of the fastest growing cancers, but it can be prevented. Patients can use these tips to decrease the risk of skin cancer.

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