Palliative medicine is not reserved for hospice care and should be integrated into clinical care early in a patient’s cancer journey, with clear and honest communication with patients and families about the process.
Cancer survivors face bias, confusion, and other barriers to pain medication access; oncology nurses can help them overcome these barriers.
Cross-sectional survey results demonstrate that fear of cancer recurrence varies across 5 domains in breast cancer survivors.
Annual follow-up with 18FDG-PET/CT may improve survival, as compared to conventional follow-up, in patients with head and neck cancer.
Findings seen for both overall survival and cause-specific survival.
Adolescents may have special support needs as they transition from a cancer diagnosis and treatment to survivorship.
Patients with low oncologic risk at cancer diagnosis are more than 3 times as likely to die from a cause other than their cancer, a study suggests.
Researchers sought to determine the effects of ethnicity, race, and experienced racism on outcomes for cancer survivors from marginalized racial/ethnic populations.
Researchers identified patterns of smoking habits after a cancer diagnosis and the associated risks of cardiovascular events.
Findings show significant risk of food insecurity, paying bills, and lack of transportation.
