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Screening cancer patients for distress: guidelines for routine implementation

Screening cancer patients for distress during routine care is beginning to receive the attention it deserves, although it... »

Understanding the estrogen receptor signaling PATHWAY: focus on current endocrine agents for breast cancer in postmenopausal women

It is well established that estrogen acting via the estrogen receptor (ER) plays a role in the growth and development of... »

Underreporting of neutropenic toxicity associated with current treatment regimens for selected hematologic malignancies

In addition to efficacy data, reports on clinical trials should provide details on the toxicity of treatment and... »

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: helpful, harmful, or pure entertainment?

Genetic testing companies are now offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) tests via kits sold on the Internet, including tests for... »

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Original Research
The impact of bone metastases and skeletal-related events on healthcare costs in rostate cancer patients receiving hormonal therapy

Although studies have examined the effect of skeletal-related events (SREs) on healthcare costs in patients with advanced... »

The wearable external cardiac defibrillator for cancer patients at risk for sudden cardiac death

The wearable external cardiac defibrillator (WCD) may be utilized for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) for... »

IV iron sucrose for cancer and/or chemotherapy-induced anemia in patients treated with erythropoiesisstimulating agents

Intravenous (IV) iron is commonly administered with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in patients with anemia... »

A case of lung cancer and hypercoagulability, complicated by suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a life-threatening disorder that follows exposure to unfractionated heparin or... »

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Practice Trends
Despite accommodations in the ACO final rule, oncology remains on the periphery

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its final rule implementing the Medicare Shared... »

TECHNOLOGY Packing a punch into your PowerPoint presentations

Many PowerPoint presentations are mindnumbingly boring— and often useless— because some basic guidelines are overlooked... »

Patient-centered care and distress screening: tracking the sixth vital sign

We often make note in these pages of the remarkable advances occurring in the realm of new oncologic therapeutics based on... »

Screening cancer patients for distress: guidelines for routine implementation

Screening cancer patients for distress during routine care is beginning to receive the attention it deserves, although it... »

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Community Translations
Regional nodal irradiation cuts breast cancer recurrence

Adding regional nodal irradiation to whole-breast irradiation significantly improved disease-free survival in women at high... »

Everolimus overcomes hormonal resistance in ER-positive breast cancer

The addition of everolimus to exemestane more than doubled progression-free survival in women with advanced breast cancer... »

Reduced lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomographic screening

Earlier detection of lung cancer through screening with low-dose computed tomography may reduce mortality in high-risk... »

Quality care is a team effort

The quality initiative process is only as good as the people you train and the data they collect and analyze. The real... »

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Jan 26 - 28
San Francisco, CA		 Jonathan Wood & Associates: T-cell Lymphoma Forum
Jan 26 - 28
Phoenix, AZ		 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium
Jan 31 - Feb 2
Paris, 		International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatment (ICACT)
Feb 2 - 4
San Francisco, CA		 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
Feb 6 - 9
Orlando, FL		 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): Advances in Prostate Cancer Research
Feb 23 - 25
Miami, FL		 American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS): Annual Conference
Mar 3 - 6
Washington, DC		 American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO): Annual Meeting
Mar 12 - 14
Baltimore, MD		 Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC): Annual National Meeting
Mar 14 - 18
Hollywood, FL		 National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care
Mar 17 - 20
Gdansk, 		European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)/ European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO): Combined Drug-Radiation Treatment
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