Episode 49: The Cancer Survivorship Conundrum

May 17, 2019

ONS member Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN^®, program director at the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the growing challenges of cancer survivorship, research opportunities for nurse scientists, and how oncology nurses can meet the needs of cancer survivors.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode Notes:

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• Caring for Patients Through All Levels of Survivorship
• Equitably Improving Outcomes for Cancer Survivors and Supporting Caregivers: A Blueprint for Care Delivery, Research, Education, and Policy
• From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition
• Implementing Personalized Pathways for Cancer Follow-Up Care in the United States: Proceedings From an American Cancer Society–American Society of Clinical Oncology Summit
• Personalized Risk-Stratified Cancer Follow-Up Care: Its Potential for Healthier Survivors, Happier Clinicians, and Lower Costs
• The Handbook of Cancer Survivorship