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Improving Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Care Delivery: Findings for Oncology Nurses and Patient Navigation From a National Quality Survey Jennifer Aversano, MSN, RN, OCN, BMTCN1; Leigh M. Boehmer, PharmD, BCOP2; Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP3,4,5 1Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA; 2Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, Maryland, USA; 3Virginia Cancer …
CCMED_8_9_Infographic_Draft1_Sep_14_2020 accc-cancer.org/NSCLC-thoracic Optimizing Care Coordination for Patients with Stage III/IV NSCLC: Learnings from the ACCC National Quality Survey for Thoracic Surgeons, Radiation Oncologists and Medical Oncologists Stiles et al. (2020) This survey highlights discrepancies and gaps in the knowledge of and challenges faced by thoracic …
Presented at AONN+ Annual Conference; November 4- November 8.
November 6, 2020
Lauren Hamel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute David W. Dougherty, MD, MBA, Medical Director, DFCI Network, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Angie Santiago, CRCS, Lead Financial Counselor, Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (Moderator)) Given that up to half of all patients with cancer experience financial toxicity, and that some patients even forego treatment …
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MSCO20_KANKEU FONKOUA.pptx Enhanced efficacy of anti-VEGFR2/taxane therapy after progression on immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) in patients with metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma (mGEA). Lionel Kankeu Fonkoua 1, Sakti Chakrabarti 1, Mohamad B. Sonbol 2, Pashtoon M. Kasi 3, Jason S. Starr 3, Alex J. Liu 2, Melanie C. Bois 4, Henry C. Pitot 1, Chandrikha Chandrasekharan …
Slide 1 • Figure 1: Serum sPD-L1 levels were measured in a retrospective cohort of patients with melanoma. In a multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis, high sPD-L1 prior to treatment predicted worse survival (HR 1.49; 95% CI 1.06-2.09; p=0.025) when accounting for advanced age (not significant), sex (not significant), late stage (p=0.002) and high …
November 4, 2020
Expert faculty will Identify new emerging therapies in the care for multiple myeloma patients and provide examples of how to operationalize care of this patient population.
OI | November–December 2020 | accc-cancer.org 47 First Person Perspective BY CHRISTIE MANGIR Being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30 and learning I needed che- motherapy was devastating. I did not feel like I had a choice. If I wanted to live, I had to complete an intense regimen of chemotherapies and tar- geted therapies. Cancer patients do not have many choices, but one of the …
A supportive care option to prevent hair loss for women—and men—undergoing chemotherapy.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risks for patients with cancer, all Life with Cancer programming was cancelled on Mar. 12, 2020. Staff, struggling with their own anxiety over personal safety, quickly went into action on how best to continue to meet the psychological and educational needs of patients and families.
Since the approval of the programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitors pembrolizumab and nivolumab for the treatment of metastatic melanoma in 2014, the oncology community has seen a tidal wave of new approvals and indications for immunotherapies to treat cancer.
On Oct. 5, ACCC provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the agency’s proposed CY 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) rules.
68 accc-cancer.org | November–December 2020 | OI action Inova Schar Cancer Institute-Alexandria Alexandria, Va. Delegate Rep: Nancy Bowles RN, MHA Website: inova.org/our-services/inova-schar-cancer-institute Jupiter Medical Center Jupiter, Fla. Delegate Rep: Angelia Palahunik MHA Website: jupitermed.com/services/cancer-care ACCC Welcomes Its Newest Members A Reminder from …
With so many challenges occupying our minds, our time, and our activities, I’d like to pause and reflect on the importance of connectivity.
Cancer programs are facing multiple challenges related to treating patients in a COVID-19 environment. Cancer programs need to deploy systems and processes to help navigate these patients into the healthcare system and to work through the backlog of new patients with cancer as quickly as possible within existing resources.
12 accc-cancer.org | November–December 2020 | OI S panning three states in the Mid-South United States, Baptist Cancer Center brings to life its mission of treating patients close to home. The cancer center is part of Baptist Memorial Health Care, a regional healthcare system that consists of 23 locations across Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, with its largest cancer center …
With more than 25 years of oncology nursing experience and more than 18 years as an oncology nurse practitioner, Christa Braun-Inglis, MS, APRN-Rx, FNP-BC, AOCNP, has a wealth of clinical expertise.
Cyberattacks can take place against any entity on any scale, striking both individuals and multinational companies with consequences big and small. As we have seen repeatedly, not even the largest companies with the most sophisticated security resources at their disposal are immune from security breaches.