Hospice versus palliative care: Understanding the distinction
By utilizing varied interventions, hospice and palliative care practitioners can do much to improve their patients’ quality of life.
Print Issue: May 01, 2010
How to evaluate online resources and support for people affected by cancer
CancerCare, along with other organizations, offers online information and support for patients with cancer, in addition to their traditional financial support programs.
What’s a mother to do?
The author remembers a young mother with three children and a grim prognosis who hoped for the sake of her family to make it to Christmas.
The role of the radiation oncology nurse: Being the best that you can be
As a radiation oncology nurse, you can help your patients navigate through the hospital and medical systems so that they can receive efficient and streamlined care. All patients with cancer deserve this, not just the medically underserved.
Greens for chemoprevention
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have discovered that greens have a chemopreventive potential against the effects of aflatoxin poisoning.
Ultrasound “plus” for early-stage ovarian cancer
Physicians may be able to detect early-stage ovarian cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with blood analyses.
Elderly cancer survivors advocate more for others
Older, timid patients who survive cancer urge other cancer patients to become bolder advocates for their own care.
Research finds mixed evidence on hospital flower risk
Although some hospitals have moved towards prohibiting flowers at the bedside because of a number of potential risk concerns, researchers say that evidence shows that these risks may not be great.
New studies of HPV vaccination
Three new studies exploring the benefits of HPV vaccination may help to foster increased vaccination rates.
After the cancer diagnosis: What do you say—and do—next?
The most important thing, say the experts interviewed for this article, is for oncology nurses to reassure patients that they are not alone.
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