From CancerCare
Understanding the male patient with cancer
How men perceive their role within their family dynamic or social circles may impact how they respond to a cancer diagnosis. Often they retreat or shut down, further challenging the efforts of their oncology care providers and loved ones to help them cope.
Conversations about cancer: A tool to help families communicate
Patients may need help talking about their cancer diagnosis with their families, especially their children. The Pillow Talk Care package is an at-home activity kit that helps facilitate this difficult discussion.
Animal assisted therapy enhances cancer care
Animal assisted interventions such as visits from therapy dogs and patients' pets are proven to improve patient outcomes.
Bridging cancer care for the older adult patient
The special needs of older adult patients and caregivers, who are usually also older persons, can be a nursing challenge. These tips will ensure you are communicating effectively with this patient population.
How to manage cancer and the workplace
The ability to work through cancer treatment or after treatment ends is a concern of many patients. They need to be reassured that resources and support are available for them and their caregivers.
Disclosing a diagnosis to children: Tell or not tell?
A significant part of counseling patients with cancer is offering guidance on when and how to tell their children about their diagnosis.
Online support groups: A psychosocial network
Online cancer support groups and programs offer patients a chance to connect with people who understand their journey.
Easing patients' transition to survivorship
Survivorship plans should be based on patients' answers to these basic questions about their goals and wishes after treatment ends.
Helping patients cope with hair loss
A patient's self image can reduce his or her coping abilities and can be significantly impacted by this distressing side effect.
Psychosocial support: Meeting the standard for quality patient care
Clinicians and even patients themselves tend to undervalue the need for help with nonclinical concerns.
Fact Sheets from CancerCare
Psychological Stress and Cancer (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet explores the effect of existing stress on cancer risk and cancer outcomes.
Hair Dyes and Cancer Risk (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet explores the relationship between use of hair coloring products and possible cancer risk.
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk (Fact Sheet)
This fact sheet examines the relationship between oral contraception and risk of breast, ovarian, endometrial, liver, and cervical cancers.
ONA Articles
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- Study makes a case for wider gene testing in patients with colorectal cancer
- New study helps physicians and patients determine prostate cancer risk
- Research promising for reducing risk of breast cancer spreading to the brain
- Effectiveness of nanoparticle drugs was hindered by tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer
- Oncology patient navigation: Bringing this crucial role to the forefront
- Radiation plus hormone therapy prolongs survival for older men with prostate cancer
- Mistletoe: The holiday plant is making headlines as an alternative cancer treatment
- Using genomic correlates of radiotoxicity to predict patient outcomes
- Therapy dogs may encourage cancer patient to persevere with treatment
- Research promising for reducing risk of breast cancer spreading to the brain
- Biopsies with DCIS diagnosis increase for women undergoing mammography
- Fear of cancer may have unwanted effect on public screening uptake
- PDE-5 inhibitors increase risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy
- Many breast cancer patients lack basic knowledge about their disease
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