Interview with the Innovators

An Interview with Crystal Dugger, RN, BSN, MBA, of Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA

In this interview, members of The Urology Group discussed the importance of bone health in patients with prostate cancer, including details about the guidelines they use, the impact of prevention, as well as the different therapies they use in their practice.

JONS speaks with Dr Zeiger about the creation of Smart Patients, an online community for patients and families affected by a variety of illnesses, and the benefits of online health communities.

JONS talks to navigators Trish Leighton, Stephanie Hoopes, and Jo Weathers about their team-driven approach to patient care.

The publishers of JONS had the pleasure of speaking with Drs Dempsey and Song about their multiple-template strategy that analyzes ctcDNA and ccfDNA in blood as well as the initiation of their clinical trial in triple-negative breast cancer.

In recent years, we have heard that cancer is becoming a chronic condition with patients benefiting from personalized treatment strategies, including biomarker identification and related targeted therapies and immunotherapies.

In an effort to learn more about NCI-MATCH, we asked the Acting Director, Douglas R. Lowy, MD, to speak with us. What follows is our exchange.

JONS speaks with Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, about the role of the navigator in personalizing care for oncology patients and the future for the profession.

An Interview with Stephen C. Malamud, MD, and Susan K. Boolbol, MD, of Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital