Communicating With the Transgender Patient With Cancer
Transgender patients present unique communication as well as clinical challenges for oncology clinicians.
Issues in Cancer Survivorship
Issues in Cancer Survivorship
Young Cancer Survivors Have More Financial, Food Insecurity
Cancer survivors aged 18 to 39 have consistently higher ‘very worried’ levels about retirement, bills.
Advance Care Planning Quality Improvement in the Setting of Metastatic Cancer
ACP is defined an ongoing and voluntary process to facilitate patient communication regarding their values, goals, and preferences for future medical care.
Concerns Related to Food Access, Nonmedical Expenses Higher in Younger Cancer Survivors Compared With Older Survivors
Increasing attention is being paid to social determinants of health in cancer survivors.
Patient, Provider Perspectives on Incorporating Prognosis into Shared Decision Making for Women With mBC
In this study, nurse participants emphasized the connection between the early delivery of prognostic information and the optimal delivery of palliative care.
Assessing Goals of Care to Ensure End-of-Life Care Follows Patients’ Wishes
A single-item visual analog scale has been shown to ensure that oncologists’ perceptions and patients’ wishes for end of life care are in agreement.
Late Mortality Down for Young Adult, Adolescent Cancer Survivors
Five-year mortality from all causes overall decreased, but improvement was limited for some cancer types.
Do Proton Pump Inhibitors Exacerbate the Cognitive Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment?
Proton pump inhibitors are used to control negative GI effects in patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. But their availability as over-the-counter medications may be leading to overuse, making another common adverse effects worse.
Risk of Therapy-Associated Polyposis Increased in Pediatric and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
These findings have implications for the screening of survivors of childhood or young adult-related cancers that are independent of prior abdominopelvic radiation therapy.
Time to Stop Ringing the Bell? A Look at Patients’ Varied Reactions to the End-of-Treatment Tradition
The bell-ringing ceremony at the end of cancer treatment can have very unintended effects on patients, even those who can look forward to a cancer-free life.
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