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Hematology NursingDiet is key to managing side effects of chemo
Lynn Goldstein
The side effects of chemotherapy can be debilitating as well as disheartening, but many can be managed through proper nutrition, according to an expert. Lynn Goldstein, a registered dietician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, educated attendees at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XXVII about nutritional management of chemotherapy side effects and the role nurses play in this endeavor. ... [Read Article] How targeted therapies affect nursing care
Karen Stanley, RN
The use of targeted therapies in leukemia and lymphoma has altered the ways in which patients are managed. And nurses have a significant role to play in this changing treatment paradigm, according to a speaker at Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XXVII. Karen Stanley, RN, a nursing consultant, said therapy for leukemia and lymphoma has shifted in recent years. Clinicians used to measure the success of treatment by tumor response, but now they are looking at patients’ time to progression and disease-free survival. And this major paradigm shift is partly a result of targeted therapies. ... [Read Article] Meeting the needs of a CTCL patient
CTCL cells
Though they can effectively manage a patient’s disease, healthcare professionals may be unaware of how to meet a patient’s other needs. At the Cutaneous Lymphoma Summit 2009, one speaker outlined what physicians and nurses can do to address all the needs of patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). As an oncology social worker and CTCL survivor, Leora Lowenthal, of New York University, was able to offer the meeting audience professional and personal insights into the management of CTCL. ... [Read Article] Needs of pediatric HSCT caregivers identified
Hematopoietic stem cells
© Steve Gschmeissner Photo Researchers, Inc. According to a new study, caregivers of pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients require regular needs assessments and adequate sources of information to support these needs. Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues reported the results in the July/August issue of the Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. ... [Read Article] Increasing enrollment in a CLL trial
Camille Servodidio, RN
Nurses have identified barriers that hinder optimum patient enrollment in cancer clinical trials and tested strategies that might help researchers overcome these obstacles. Camille Servodidio, RN, of Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, and her colleagues investigated issues with clinical trial enrollment as part of the National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP), a project aimed at improving cancer research and patient outcomes. ... [Read Article] |
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