Donald R. Fleming, MD

What is currently known about stage IV well-differentiated liver cancer with no cirrhosis?

What is the protocol for using the same intravenous line for concomitant infusions of IV chemotherapy drugs with other IV medications?

Oncology nurses are taught to always administer platinums before taxanes for IV chemotherapy regimens; does this still hold true when the taxane is ordered IV, and the platinum is ordered IP?

Head and neck cancer treatments have high morbidity rates. Newer options reduce morbidities and offer patients better quality of life after treatment.

I have a patient with cancer who is actively using cocaine. We will do random urine screens on this patient. How long does cocaine remain in the urine?

Other oncology nurses have mentioned to me that they infuse rituximab (Rituxan) over 90 minutes. Are there references for this?

In following patients with anemia, what do the lab values for iron, ferritin, transferrin, and TIBC (total iron binding capacity) tell me?

Do nurses participate in survivorship care planning?

When is it necessary to treat a patient with low immunoglobulin levels?

Oncology nursing literature states that a MUGA scan must be obtained prior to initiating cardiotoxic chemotherapies. When should the scan be obtained?