By utilizing varied interventions, hospice and palliative care practitioners can do much to improve their patients’ quality of life.
May 01, 2010
CancerCare, along with other organizations, offers online information and support for patients with cancer, in addition to their traditional financial support programs.
The author remembers a young mother with three children and a grim prognosis who hoped for the sake of her family to make it to Christmas.
As a radiation oncology nurse, you can help your patients navigate through the hospital and medical systems so that they can receive efficient and streamlined care. All patients with cancer deserve this, not just the medically underserved.
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have discovered that greens have a chemopreventive potential against the effects of aflatoxin poisoning.
Physicians may be able to detect early-stage ovarian cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with blood analyses.
Older, timid patients who survive cancer urge other cancer patients to become bolder advocates for their own care.
Although some hospitals have moved towards prohibiting flowers at the bedside because of a number of potential risk concerns, researchers say that evidence shows that these risks may not be great.
Three new studies exploring the benefits of HPV vaccination may help to foster increased vaccination rates.
The most important thing, say the experts interviewed for this article, is for oncology nurses to reassure patients that they are not alone.
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