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The overall cancer rate among adolescents and young adults is on a gradual increase, thus creating the need for oncology programs geared towards young adults and adolescents.
An expert ACCC Steering Committee shares 32 informed treatment and care delivery recommendations for the ideal care of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
An integrated precision tracking program ensures proper follow-up care and surveillance for survivors of colorectal cancer.
Dr. Vijay Rao and Dr. Eric Stephen Rubenstein returned from a Global Cardio-Oncology Society meeting g with the realization that they could do much more to protect patients with cancer from potential cardiac toxicity of chemotherapy. The two shared one goal: to prevent the cancer survivor of today from becoming the heart failure patient of tomorrow.
As you know, Seattle has been in the thick of the COVID-19 outbreak since late February, and we stood up our Incident Command System then. The situation here got very difficult, very quickly. Some of the many challenges my hospital and health- care system faced included limited personal protective equipment, intensive care units rapidly reaching capacity, and postponing or delaying …
Given the demand for their skills and the competitive market, genetic counselors can afford to be selective in their employment choices. Hospitals and clinics must therefore be creative in their recruiting efforts and offer competitive packages.
A step-by-step guide on how to develop and implement a health system-wide distress screening tool.
Across the continuum of oncology care, our patients’ outcomes depend on many factors: living a healthy lifestyle, undergoing screening tests, receiving and adhering to treatment, and managing toxicities and comorbidities. These factors, in turn, depend on social determinants of health, such as access to care, safe housing, food security, and social support.
Through a community engagement session and focused interviews, researchers from Duke University School of Medicine, N.C., held a consortium to help stakeholders identify barriers to inflammatory breast cancer awareness, diagnosis, and appropriate treatment. Today the Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer is committed to translating research into action.
Dr. Lija Joseph, a pathologist at Lowell General Hospital, Mass., implemented a pathology consultation program to help cancer patients better understand how the disease affects their bodies. Based on strong patient interest, Dr. Joseph established a Twitter presence to spread the word about the benefits of patient and pathologist interactions.
Learn how Advocate-Aurora Lutheran General Hospital, Ill., modified an unused space in its inpatient oncology unit to create an outpatient oncology symptom management treatment area. The program now sees cancer patients outside of traditional office hours, thereby reducing ED visits and hospitalizations.
In looking at cancer incidence data, Tri-Cities Cancer Center found that its region was experiencing a higher rate of late-stage lung and colorectal diagnoses than the national average. The cancer center developed a creative and humorous marketing campaign and workplace wellness program to raise awareness and increase screening compliance.
Fertility preservation is an increasing concern for adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer. However, not all newly diagnosed males discuss fertility preservation with a healthcare provider before treatment. This quality improvement project describes the oncofertility program development that was part of a larger goal to develop an AYA oncology program at our institution, the University …
Though the incidence of AIDS-defining cancers has decreased with the use of antiretroviral therapy, numerous studies suggest that non-AIDS-defining cancers (cancers not previously associated with HIV and AIDS) appear to be increasing in incidence.