Apr 29, 2022
The inflating price tag of cancer care means that more patients are facing the difficult choice of paying for everyday needs or their cancer treatment. Matthew Banegas, PhD, MPH, MS, associate professor of radiation medicine and applied sciences at the University of California San Diego and a member of Moores Cancer...
Apr 22, 2022
“There’s nothing more we can do.” How often do patients with cancer hear those words? But ONS member Reanne Booker, RN, MN, a nurse practitioner at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, believes differently: “I feel there’s always more that we can do, even if cure is no longer possible.”...
Apr 15, 2022
Elevated intracranial pressure is a life-threatening cancer complication, but oncology nurses can take steps to prevent and recognize it in their patients. ONS member Mary Elizabeth Davis, DNP, RN, AOCNS®, clinical nurse specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, and member of the New...
Apr 8, 2022
Social media is an innovative study recruitment and intervention tool, but what are the ethical considerations surrounding its data? ONS member Lisa Carter-Harris, PhD, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, associate attending behavioral scientist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY, talks with Stephanie Jardine,...
Apr 1, 2022
Survivorship care models are a framework to build on and customize for each patient’s needs, not a generic form for everyone. ONS member Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN®, senior advisor for the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Survivorship in Bethesda, MD, talks with Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN,...