Women confused by DCIS breast diagnosis
Ductal carcinoma in situ has a positive prognosis but requires treatment similar to that for invasive breast cancer, sending a conflicting message.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Many women with cancer missing fertility risk info, services
Few women of childbearing age who are diagnosed with cancer are taking steps to preserve their fertility during treatment.
Perceived stigma drives depression in lung cancer
Greater levels of perceived stigma were related to greater levels of depression in a recent study of persons with non-small cell lung cancer.
Parents stay offline when child has cancer
Parents prefer to receive information from a trusted healthcare provider rather than the Internet when their son or daughter is diagnosed with cancer.
Knowing versus understanding
Nurses anticipate a patient’s need for pain meds. But understanding why a patient has no need for them may be difficult.
Managing side effects of tamoxifen
What is the risk for endometrial cancer in a patient taking tamoxifen to reduce recurrence of ER/PR positive breast cancer after treatment?
Social media and survivorship: 21st century support
A group at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, uses modern technology to provide survivorship care and counseling to patients.
Surgical oncologists less likely than medical, radiation oncologists to discuss fertility risks with patients
Medical and radiation oncologists are more likely than surgical oncologists to discuss with patients how treatment might affect future fertility.
Blood cancers often require termination of early pregnancy
The urgent need for treatment may require a woman with a hematologic cancer to end an early-stage pregnancy, but not necessarily a later-stage one.
Surgery, chemotherapy for breast cancer usually okay in pregnancy
The majority of pregnant women with breast cancer can undergo surgery, chemotherapy, or both, but radiation therapy is generally not advised.
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