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ACCCBuzz spoke with Dr. Gabriela Hobbs, MD, at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center to learn how to best manage patients' care for those with myelofibrosis.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wilmot Cancer Institute's integrative oncology team shares how integrative oncology-based services can be delivered via telehealth.
This cancer program continues to meet patients’ psychosocial needs through enduring telehealth expansion, livestream groups and classes, and on-demand digital repositories.
If passed, the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act could expand Medicare Part B to cover medical nutrition therapy services for patients with cancer, who need to maintain their strength and keep a health body weight during treatment. ACCCBuzz shares more about this legislation and why its benefits are essential for oncology.
10 accc-cancer.org | Vol. 36, No. 3, 2021 | OI patients with a healthy support system in place or those who receive health behavioral services tend to do better and experience better outcomes. A 2019 article published in BMC Psychiatry found that the incidence of psychological disorders in patients with cancer is very high, somewhere between 30 and 60 percent.1 The most encountered problems …
Our results indicated that food insecure patients tended to complete fewer months of treatment than their food secure counterparts. Food insecure patients who refused assistance had the lowest number of months of completed treatment; most food insecure patients who received assistance completed more of their treatment.
The complexity of head and neck cancer management demands greater attention in order to provide high-quality care. UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center developed a well-defined care pathway to enable predictability and consistency in both care delivery and cost.
By implementing a weekly outpatient nutrition clinic for patients with head and neck cancer, this 2014 ACCC Innovator Award winner improved patient quality of life and reduced the cost of care.