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

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.

Managing chemotherapy side effects: Tumor lysis syndrome

Managing chemotherapy side effects: Tumor lysis syndrome

Patients undergoing chemotherapy for hematologic cancers are at risk for this complication. The review can help you learn how to assess their risk.

Meeting the billing challenges inherent with clinical trials

Meeting the billing challenges inherent with clinical trials

A primer on what nurses need to know when scheduling items and services for patients participating in clinical trials.

Understanding the impact of disparities on cancer care

Understanding the impact of disparities on cancer care

Learn how patients' perceptions of health care can have a significant influence on the effectiveness of cancer care and patient education.

GVHD in pediatric HSCT patients: Clinical trials for Rituximab

GVHD in pediatric HSCT patients: Clinical trials for Rituximab

The CD20 antagonist is a potentially effective preventive and treatment for this common adverse effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Using anticoagulants to treat chemotherapy-related VTE

Using anticoagulants to treat chemotherapy-related VTE

Signs and symptoms of venous thromboembolism in oncology patients should be heeded with prompt therapeutic and mechanical interventions.

Leukemia: Understanding its types and treatments

Leukemia: Understanding its types and treatments

This review describes the four major groups of leukemia, plus diagnostic tests and treatment regimens for each group.

Using ESAs in patients with cancer-related anemia

Using ESAs in patients with cancer-related anemia

Although the risks of erythropoietin-stimulating agents can outweigh the benefits, select patients may benefit.

Troubleshooting complications of vascular access devices

Troubleshooting complications of vascular access devices

VADs enable long-term IV therapy; however, the devices and their use pose a unique set of challenges for nurses.

Understanding ototoxicity risks for pediatric oncology patients

Understanding ototoxicity risks for pediatric oncology patients

Audiometric testing, awareness of the symptoms, and knowledge of which drugs are ototoxic can help protect young cancer patient's hearing.

Infections, tumors, and lumps affecting the scrotal content

From the August 2012 issue of The Clinical Advisor: Infections, tumors, and lumps affecting the scrotal content. A lump, enlarging scrotum or pain can conjure up images of testicular cancer, but other conditions involving the scrotal content are possible.

Oral Involvement of Systemic Diseases

From the June 2012 issue of The Clinical Advisor: Oral Involvement of Systemic Diseases. Oral manifestations are often an early signal of systemic disease, so recognizing them can point the way to a prompt diagnosis.

Path of the Patient: A Patient with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

New treatment options for multiple myeloma (MM) have led to improvements in response rates and patient survival.

Lifelong Pain Management for Cancer Survivors

Longer-term 10-year survival rates that approach 59% in adults and 75% are increasing the percentage of patients with cancer who outlive their disease. Cancer survivors have poorer health outcomes across multiple measures after the diagnosis of cancer than do noncancer pain patients, and psychosocial difficulties in cancer survivors can significantly...

New Drugs and Drug News in Pain Management and Palliative Care

Medications are used extensively to manage pain and nonpain symptoms associated with advanced illness. It is imperative that practitioners be knowledgeable about new drugs and dosage formulations introduced to the market. Participants learn about the indications, dosing, adverse effects, drug interactions, and appropriate use of new analgesics and other medications...

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