Up Front

Pioneers of Oncology Nursing

Mentoring the Next Generation

“Pioneer . . . does that mean old?” asks ONS member Bertie Ford, RN, MS, AOCN®, an oncology nurse with 28 years of experience who is a clinical oncology specialist for Genentech BioOncology. Although some might think pioneer means old, in the field of oncology nursing, the term recognizes the nurses who started and developed the profession.

RE:Connect

A blog written by oncology nurses for oncology nurses

RE:Connect

Lessons From Leadership: Impressions From ELNEC-Core

Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend a train the trainer course presented by the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) in beautiful Chicago, IL. The ELNEC-Core curriculum is designed to provide nurses with the tools and knowledge to disseminate much needed education regarding end-of-life care.

Oncology News

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Releases New Guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening

The National Com­pre­hen­sive Can­cer Net­work (NCCN) has recently released the new NCCN Clin­i­cal Prac­tice Guide­lines in Oncol­ogy for Lung Can­cer Screen­ing. Lung can­cer remains the lead­ing cause of cancer-​​related death in the United States and the world; guid­ance on using effec­tive screen­ing tools for early detec­tion can assist in the effort to decrease mor­tal­ity rates.

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Oncology News

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Offers New Resources for Patients With Chronic Leukemia

The National Coali­tion for Can­cer Survivorship’s (NCCS’s) Can­cer Sur­vival Tool­box® is a free audio pro­gram that teaches skills that can help peo­ple with can­cer meet the chal­lenges of their ill­ness. In addi­tion to basic skills such as find­ing infor­ma­tion, mak­ing deci­sions, solv­ing prob­lems, nego­ti­at­ing, and stand­ing up for your rights, the toolkit also includes spe­cial top­ics like end of life and car­ing for the caregiver.

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ONS News

Your Vote, Your Voice! Demonstrate Your Commitment to ONS

Why should you vote in the ONS elec­tion? Vot­ing gives us all an oppor­tu­nity to show our com­mit­ment to the Soci­ety. It not only allows our indi­vid­ual voices to be heard, but vot­ing turnout strength­ens the evi­dence that ONS lead­er­ship is in posi­tion to speak on our behalf on national concerns.

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Just In

HPV Vaccine Reduces Precancerous Lesions

Results of a study of men who have sex with men revealed that vac­ci­na­tion with the human papil­lo­mavirus (HPV) vac­cine, which pro­tects against HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18, reduced the inci­dence of anal intraep­ithe­lial neo­pla­sia, a lesion known to pre­cede anal cancer.

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Letrozole Prevents More Breast Cancer Recurrences Than Tamoxifen

For post­menopausal women with endocrine-​​responsive early breast can­cer, letro­zole monother­apy pro­vides a greater reduc­tion in breast can­cer recur­rence and mor­tal­ity than tamox­ifen monother­apy, accord­ing to a new study.

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