General Oncology News & Features
Dinner Hour and Sleep Habits Affect Risk of Breast, Prostate Cancers
A population-based, case-control study identified a link between timing of meals and interval between last meal and sleep with risk of cancer, particularly of the breast and prostate.
Root-Cause Analysis Reveals Better Recognition of Cancer-Related Suicide Triggers Is Needed
Researchers reviewed data from the VA National Center for Patient Safety RCA database to identify mental health triggers that may precipitate cancer-related suicides.
Tissue Tumor Mutational Burden Predictive of Response to Immunotherapy
Researchers found that tTMB was associated with efficacy across the various study tumor types.
Gender Bias in Medicine Has Far-Reaching Consequences
Exclusion of women from upper echelons of medicine may have real implications for patient care.
Bariatric Surgery Reduced Risk of Some Cancers in Obese Patients
Weight loss associated with bariatric surgery could reduce risk of hormone-related cancers, but an increased risk for colorectal cancer was seen in patients who underwent gastric bypass.
Informational Studies About Medical Marijuana Are Lacking
Researchers surveyed random sample of 400 oncologists to asses their views and practices with medical marijuana.
Patient Fears of Placebo Use in Clinical Trials
What should be explained to patients regarding placebo use in controlled trials?
Effective NP-Physician Comanagement Found to Depend on 3 Vital Attributes
Researchers employed a literature search and in-person qualitative interviews to determine the key elements to successful NP-physician comanagement.
Beware Abbreviated Explanations That May Undermine Your Meaning, Patients' Understanding
Have you ever thought about what is meant — or understood — when you say to a patient "It's going to be okay"? Hearing an exchange between her grandson and a pediatric nurse prompted Ann Brady to reflect on abbreviated communications.
The Nurse as Patient Advocate: What I Did When My Patient Had No Clothes
Patient advocacy can lead nurses to take on great challenges in the course of caring for their patients or to brave the elements to retrieve replacements for a patient's missing clothes.
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- The Caregivers' Cancer Journey
- Implementing an Ambulatory Adherence Program May Improve Oral Anticancer Medications Compliance
- Exercise Habits Influence Mortality in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
- Managing Dyspnea With Fentanyl in Patients With Cancer at End of Life
- CALM: A Depression Intervention for Cancer Patients at the End of Life
- High BMI Among Premenopausal Women May Improve Risk for Breast Cancer
- Dinner Hour and Sleep Habits Affect Risk of Breast, Prostate Cancers
- Root-Cause Analysis Reveals Better Recognition of Cancer-Related Suicide Triggers Is Needed
- Choice of Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy Affects Satisfaction, Quality of Life
- Gender Bias in Medicine Has Far-Reaching Consequences
- Carfilzomib Benefits May Outweigh Cardiovascular Risk in Multiple Myeloma
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