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Oncology Nursing Is Not Just a Job, It's a Calling

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring JUDITH LEGASPI, B.S.N., RN, OCN [JFK MEDICAL CENTER, EDISON, NEW JERSEY]

Melinda Liggett Irwin on Exercise and Fatigue in Women Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer

Melinda Liggett Irwin, discusses The Women's Activity and Lifestyle Study in Connecticut (WALC) study, a randomized trial of exercise on quality of life and fatigue in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Statement on USPSTF's Draft CRC Screening Recommendation

A group of colorectal cancer organizations, including the Colorectal Cancer Alliance, Fight Colorectal Cancer (CRC), and Colon Cancer Coalition, today applauds the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendation to lower the screening age for colorectal cancer to 45 years old for average risk individuals.

Inheriting a Cancer Risk

Family history of breast and other cancers can mean some people are more likely to develop the disease at a younger age. But advances in testing may improve prevention and survival rates.

How Grieving Impacts Sleep

If we have the capacity to love then we have to face grief as well, along with how it manifests in our lives—particularly through sleep.

Financial Toxicity: The Burden That Lingers After Cancer

The Power of Patient-Centered Care in Preventing Infections

Teaching the patient and caregiver reportable signs and symptoms and when to call the doctor cannot only save their line, but, more importantly, can save their life.” — WENDY A. NUNEZ , R.N.

For One Oncology Nurse and Her Patients, Dreams Come True

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Kim Hess, NP [New Bern Cancer Care in New Bern, North Carolina]

The Oncology Nurse Is an Inspiration and an Example

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring PATRICIA BEATY, M.P.H., RN [TRAVELING NURSE BASED IN OHIO]

Young Survival Coalition Brings Together Young Patients With Breast Cancer

Weighing the Consequences

Life is more complicated after a cancer diagnosis.

The Whirlwind of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Under Reconstruction

Surgeons disagree on whether nipple-sparing surgery has benefits.

Novel Drug Combo Doubles Progression-Free Survival in HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

Ibrance plus Faslodex improved progression-free survival in certain patients with metastatic breast cancer, compared with those who continued to receive an aromatase inhibitor.

Keeping Me Grounded to My Whole

NURSES ARE DEFINITELY the unsung heroes of cancer treatment.

Study Links Sun Exposure and Pancreatic Cancer Risk

Higher ultraviolet radiation may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer, shows preliminary study.

THE LIVING ROOM: A Lung Cancer Community of Courage

Bonnie Addario, our co-founder, board chair, survivor, and inspiration for thousands of patients here and around the world, shares the powerful stories of lung cancer patients and how they found ways to survive – and thrive -- in her book, The Living Room.

Risky Business: Resolve Insurance Concerns Early

Concerns about insurance coverage should be addressed quickly.

Radiomic Analysis of CT Scans Can Predict Aggressiveness of Early Stage Lung Cancer

Specific measures of a tumor’s texture and intensity as they appear on CT images can help determine how much treatment patients with early stage lung cancer need, a study found.

New Treatments and Tips for Dealing With Blood Cancer

New research in blood cancer includes new treatment options for acute myeloid leukemia and a novel therapy using BK virus-specific T cells to treat BK virus-associated hemorrhagic cystitis.

Be Careful What You Wish For: A Breast Cancer Story

Preventing Lymphedema Flares in Patients With Breast Cancer

RESEARCHERS ARE RE-EVALUATING WHAT CAUSES LYMPHEDEMA AGGRAVATION.

A True Patient Advocate and Holistic Caregiver

I BELIEVE that cancer has a way of showing up just when other troubles are present or brewing.

My Guardian Angel Throughout My Cancer Treatment

An Extraordinary Healers essay honoring Wanda Greeley, RN, OCN [Sacred Heart Cancer Center in Pensacola, Florida]

Promises to Keep

Reader essay

Patients With Cancer Are Different From the Average Plastic Surgery Client

Now that I have completed my surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, I have decided to focus on one important part of my treatment and share my experience with you. Maybe I can reach the right people so that others won’t have to experience what I did.

Expert Offers Patients with Cancer, Caregivers Tips for Handling COVID-19

If you or someone in your home does contract coronavirus, your doctor may suspend or delay your cancer treatments to protect your immune system, an expert from Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology notes.

Come With Me on My Cancer Journey With Trish

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring PATRICIA L. TUDOR, B.S.N., RN [HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA]

The Oncology Nurse With the Pale Pink Booklet

An Extraordinary Healer essay honoring Lisa Craven, RN [ Carolina Center of Gynecologic Oncology in Charleston, South Carolina ]