Cancer Survivorship News Archives

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Extended IVAD Flush Intervals Increase Potential for Abnormalities in Reservoir Contents

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Results of an observational pilot study demonstrate the effects of interval duration on presence of abnormalities in implanted vascular access device reservoirs.

General Oncology

Genomic Profiling in Cancer of Unknown Primary Feasible but Challenging

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Leah Lawrence

Genomic profiling can reveal actionable mutations in patients with cancer of unknown primary but can be limited by a lack of sufficient tissue, research suggests.

Genitourinary Cancer

Update on Bladder Cancer Risk Factors

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Natasha Persaud

Emerging evidence links bladder cancer to pelvic radiation therapy, dietary factors, and gene-environment interactions.

General Medicine

FDA Grants Full Approval to Paxlovid to Treat COVID-19

Paxlovid has been taken by individuals at high risk for severe COVID-19 under an emergency use approval.

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Head and Neck Cancer

Telephone Intervention Improves Care Management in Radiotherapy for HNC

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Jessica Nye, PhD

A quality improvement project sought to improve pain management in patients undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancer.

Oncology Nursing

Allowing Bedside Nurses to Order C. Difficile Testing Cuts Time to Results

The researchers found that the difference in time to obtain the result before and after the policy change was statistically significant.

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Hematologic Cancers

Study of Early Lymphopheresis for Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL Sheds Light on CAR-T Efficacy

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Vicki Moore, PhD

Researchers explored early lymphopheresis for CD19-based chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory DLBCL.

General Medicine

CDC: Monitoring of COVID-19 Will Remain a Priority

Surveillance of COVID-19 and COVID-19-associated mortality will continue after the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration on May 11.

From CancerCare

Vicarious Trauma: Preventing, Recognizing Its Effects in Oncology Clinicians

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Dina Smith, LMSW CancerCare

A review of how vicarious trauma develops in helping professionals such as oncology nurses, and some preventive measures to mitigate its effects.