The journey of oncology navigation
Nurse navigators help avoid care fragmentation and support shared decision making. Takeaways: Patient navigation aims to increase health equity among patients with cancer and…
Oncology Resource Center
Update on Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The Year in Review
Progress in understanding of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) pathophysiology has been fairly slow over the years, according to numerous studies and reports. More recently,…
Acute myeloid leukemia in older patients: 6 questions asked and answered
ASH guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations. While an average 75-year-old in the United States can expect to live another dozen years, life expectancy for those…
A Nurse’s Journey of Empathy and Compassion
Let’s call her Carol It was my first year as a nurse in a suburban Intensive Care unit. I worked the night shift and…
FDA issues caution for robot-assisted mastectomy
On Feb. 28, the FDA issued a caution for robot-assisted mastectomy, noting that it has not cleared or approved any robotically assisted surgical device…
Scientists can silence inflammatory gene responsible for a form of breast cancer
Scientists have found that they are able to “switch off,” or silence, a gene that is responsible for an aggressive form of breast cancer.…
My cancer journey
I’m a nurse. I’m not supposed to be a patient. I’m not supposed to get cancer. I have too much to do to add…
New treatment for multiple myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Sanofi-Aventis’ Sarclisa (isatuximab-irfc) for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma. Isatuximab-irfc was previously…
Study examines rate of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia
A recent study published in the Medical Journal of Australia examined the “proportion of cancer diagnoses in Australia that might reasonably be attributed to…
New vaccine eliminated breast cancer in first human patient
A vaccine being developed in the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida is aimed at preventing new cases of ovarian and breast cancer and even…
The World Health Organization aims to reduce mortality of cervical cancer
In a recent study, the World Health Organization (WHO) describes a study which aims to eliminate cervical cancer “as a public health problem.” (more…)
New treatment for advanced epithelioid sarcoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Epizyme, Inc’s tazemetostat (TAZVERIK) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with metastatic or…
The journey of oncology navigation
Nurse navigators help avoid care fragmentation and support shared decision making. Takeaways: Patient navigation aims to increase health equity among patients with…
Update on Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The Year in Review
Progress in understanding of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) pathophysiology has been fairly slow over the years, according to numerous studies and reports.…
Acute myeloid leukemia in older patients: 6 questions asked and answered
ASH guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations. While an average 75-year-old in the United States can expect to live another dozen years, life expectancy…
A Nurse’s Journey of Empathy and Compassion
Let’s call her Carol It was my first year as a nurse in a suburban Intensive Care unit. I worked the night…
FDA issues caution for robot-assisted mastectomy
On Feb. 28, the FDA issued a caution for robot-assisted mastectomy, noting that it has not cleared or approved any robotically assisted…
Scientists can silence inflammatory gene responsible for a form of breast cancer
Scientists have found that they are able to “switch off,” or silence, a gene that is responsible for an aggressive form of…
My cancer journey
I’m a nurse. I’m not supposed to be a patient. I’m not supposed to get cancer. I have too much to do…
New treatment for multiple myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Sanofi-Aventis’ Sarclisa (isatuximab-irfc) for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma. Isatuximab-irfc…
Study examines rate of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia
A recent study published in the Medical Journal of Australia examined the “proportion of cancer diagnoses in Australia that might reasonably be…
New vaccine eliminated breast cancer in first human patient
A vaccine being developed in the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida is aimed at preventing new cases of ovarian and breast cancer…
The World Health Organization aims to reduce mortality of cervical cancer
In a recent study, the World Health Organization (WHO) describes a study which aims to eliminate cervical cancer “as a public health…
New treatment for advanced epithelioid sarcoma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Epizyme, Inc’s tazemetostat (TAZVERIK) for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with…
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