I finally got to read my pile of journals that had been occupying my coffee table for the summer. I usually take a few volumes and hole up on the couch absorbing the new research that has come out. As always, I was personally touched by Dr. Anne Katz's editorial in the July issue of the Oncology Nursing Forum titled "Scar Tissue in the Heart."
Prostate cancer nursing management must be well understood because prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer; however, prostate cancer can be successfully treated. According to the American Cancer Society, more than two million men in the United States are prostate cancer survivors.
For patients with hematologic malignancies and genetic immune disorders, HCT is a potentially curative treatment. However, because the therapy is so specialized, only select cancer centers with the appropriate expertise, resources, and experiences offer it.
“At first glance, you could say that applying manufacturing processes to health care is cold or impersonal,” Holly Dowling, RN, BSN, OCN®, clinical nurse educator for ambulatory hematology/oncology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA, says.
Many promising studies presented at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting involved new cancer drugs that empower the body’s defense system.
Erin arrives in your injection clinic for her monthly injection of fulvestrant. She tells you that her regular nurse always warms the drug before the injection by wrapping it in a warm pack because it lessens the discomfort during the injection. She says her nurse also told her it makes the medication easier to administer. What would you do?
Adequate evidence suggests that annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography in current and former smokers aged 55–79 years who have significant cumulative tobacco smoke exposure can prevent a substantial number of lung cancer deaths, according to draft guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Although use of hospice services continues to increase across the United States, with more than 1.5 million Americans receiving services in 2010, only 9% of hospice recipients are African American.
Pharmacokinetic drug interactions may occur at any point of the drug disposition process, including drug metabolism and elimination.
