ONCOLOGY Nurse Edition April 2009, Vol 23 No 4

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Volume 23
Issue 4

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ONCOLOGY Nurse Edition April 2009, Vol 23 No 4
Hypertension Management in the Era of Targeted Therapies for Cancer
An Alkylating Agent for CLL and NHL
Vesicant Extravasation From an Implanted Venous Access Port
Survivorship Care: Essential Components and Models of Delivery
Cardiotoxicities of Breast Cancer Treatment
Improving the End-of-Life Experience
When Hospice Is the Best Option: An Opportunity to Redefine Goals
Living Well: A Goal for All Patients
The Patient With Cancer-Related Dyspnea
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Social workers and case managers may have access to institutional- or hospital-level grants that can reduce financial toxicity for patients undergoing cancer therapy.
Genetic backgrounds and ancestry may hold clues for better understanding pancreatic cancer, which may subsequently mitigate different disparities.
Factors like genetic mutations and smoking may represent red flags in pancreatic cancer detection, said Jose G. Trevino, II, MD, FACS.
Thomas Hope, MD, believes that an NRC initiative to update infiltration guidelines may organically address concerns that H.R. 2541 outlines.
Insurance and distance to a tertiary cancer center were 2 barriers to receiving high-quality breast cancer care, according to Rachel Greenup, MD, MPH.
4 experts are featured in this series.
4 experts are featured in this series.
Thomas Hope, MD, had not observed an adverse effect attributable to an infiltration across more than a decade of administering nuclear agents at UCSF.
Numerous clinical trials vindicating the addition of immunotherapy to first-line chemotherapy in SCLC have emerged over the last several years.
Two experts are featured in this series.
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