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The authors find an opportunity exists to fill a gap in survivorship care planning and address the information needs of posttreatment cancer survivors.

Mentoring and orienting are essential pieces of the process in fostering your new navigator’s success.

On March 27, 2019, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert from its Office of Women’s Health announcing that, after more than 20 years of regulatory oversight, the agency is proposing amendments to the existing policy governing mammography services.

For the second time this month, the FDA has given an approval to Genentech’s PD-L1 inhibitor, Tecentriq.

Scientific study has begun to uncover the many medical possibilities for cannabis.

Patients with cancer, even in the most “favorable” of circumstances, often face hurdles to care.

Cancer rehabilitation is about making sure patients can take care of themselves and function independently, according to Stacye Mayo, MOT, OT/L, CLT-LANA, Senior Director of Clinical Operations for ReVital, a nationwide comprehensive cancer rehabilitation program.

Whether an oncology navigation program is just starting out or has already become a well-oiled machine, there are usually a few—or perhaps, quite a few—ways that a navigation program can potentially be improved, according to Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, ONN-CG, Co-Founder and Program Director of the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+).

A 12-month supervised exercise program improved cardiovascular function in women undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer—including anthracyclines and taxanes—while cardiovascular function decreased among controls who did not exercise according to the program guidelines.

A commentary on the government’s efforts to reduce the price of drugs for patients who have cancer or other chronic illnesses.