CANCER BUZZ PODCAST

Live this week from the ACCC 40th National Oncology Conference, CANCER BUZZ  interviews Dr. Michael Gieske about best practices to increase lung cancer screenings and ACCC’s Rural Appalachian Lung Screening Initiative.

CANCER BUZZ previews the sessions, people and topics of this week’s ACCC 40th National Oncology Conference. We interview Kathy Oubre, MS, CEO of the Pontchartrain Canter Center, about helping patients overcome access barriers to biomarker testing.

Hear Dr. Margaret Liang, of Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center, Los Angeles, talk about ACCC’s Financial Advocacy Network (FAN) and the Financial Advocacy Services guidelines to help cancer programs address the growing issue of financial toxicity.

Disparities in bladder cancer care persist, especially with respect to race. In fact, patient demographics has a proven impact on health outcomes.

It is important for the cancer team to be able to recognize what a small cell might look like — such as central location of the tumor, bulky adenopathy generally.

This cancer program used a business intelligence-enabled dashboard to collect and analyze data on emergency department (ED) visits, admits, and discharges.

CANCER BUZZ speaks with Farrukh T. Awan, MD, MS about an approach to addressing regional barriers to improve care for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

"Many caregivers have it together, they’re on top of everything. They are organized, they are experts at this, but they are falling apart inside. You aren’t going to know if you don’t ask."

Adding a clinical trials navigator to this practice team required a business case that demonstrated return on investment.

Lipson Cancer Institute adapted the University of Washington’s Collaborative Care model to embed counseling services into oncology and palliative care across 6 clinic locations.

CANCER BUZZ spoke to Allison Applebaum, PhD, Psychologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, NY. Listen as Dr. Applebaum discusses practical tips providers can use to support caregiver empowerment.

To standardize comprehensive biomarker testing in patients with NSCLC, Oncology Hematology Care, Inc., developed and implemented a 1-year quality improvement (QI) project that included custom data reports and monitoring dashboards.

CANCER BUZZ spoke to Allison Applebaum, PhD, Psychologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Listen as Dr. Applebaum discusses the programs and practices in place at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to support caregivers.

At Duke Cancer Institute, the implementation of electronic-consults for patients experiencing endocrine irAEs improved patient access and reduced healthcare utilization.

Listen as we discuss nursing’s role in the care of patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

For several years, this healthcare system struggled to find a sustainable program to perform outreach to patients with outstanding orders for lung, breast, and colon cancer screenings.

Learn how the creation of the first APRT role in the United States established a new model of inpatient care, elevating the radiation therapy skill set and allowing for intervention at key points along the radiation oncology care pathway.

Learn how the creation of the first APRT role in the United States established a new model of inpatient care, elevating the radiation therapy skill set and allowing for intervention at key points along the radiation oncology care pathway.

In this episode, hear about the fully remote TRACK (Target Rare Cancer Knowledge) clinical trial and its unique approach to providing access to biomarker testing for patients in community care settings by leveraging technology.

CANCER BUZZ speaks with Susan Spinosa, president and patient founder of NTRKers, an organization created to support patients with NTRK fusion-positive cancer, about her care journey and the importance of testing for NTRK gene fusions.

CANCER BUZZ speaks with Melissa Kah Poh Loh, MBBCh, BAO, assistant professor of Geriatric Hematology and Oncology about strategies to optimize critical conversations with patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks about strategies to address these disparities and optimize care and treatment options for patients with acute myeloid leukemia who do not receive a transplant.

Mary B. Battaglia has been practicing clinical hypnosis for 10 years, working with clients to address issues like anxiety and stress and supported people with different medical issues, including brain, breast, lung, prostate, and skin cancers.

In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks about strategies to address these disparities and optimize care and treatment options for patients with acute myeloid leukemia who do not receive a transplant.