Hematology/Oncology

• In the Journals Perspective

• Role identified for early palliative care among patients with NSCLC

• March 7, 2013
• Early ambulatory palliative care can play a critical role in the care of patients with non–small cell lung cancer by allowing oncologists to focus...More »

• Palliative Care

• Bereavement and grief: What every oncologist should know

• HemOnc Today, April 25, 2013
  Christine A. Zawistowski, MD
• A medical student recently approached me to help with a seminar on grief and bereavement.
  The first-year medical students had been doing rotations in the...More »

• FDA public health advisories

• FDA: 32-mg dose of Zofran to be removed from market

• Cardiology Today, January 2013
• The 32-mg, single IV dose of ondansetron hydrochloride no longer will be marketed because of the potential for serious cardiac risks, according to the...More »

• FDA public health advisories

• FDA: 32-mg dose of Zofran to be removed from market

• HemOnc Today, January 10, 2013
• The 32-mg, single IV dose of ondansetron hydrochloride no longer will be marketed because of the potential for serious cardiac risks, according to the...More »

• In the Journals

• Cancer survivors face poorer mental, physical health-related quality of life

• HemOnc Today, December 10, 2012
• Millions of cancer survivors in the United States have a below-average mental and physical health-related quality of life, according to study results.
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• Education could help oncologists better cope with grief

• HemOnc Today, November 10, 2012
• Stephanie M. Harman
  As a palliative care physician and an internist, I watch with awe how my oncology colleagues manage intense practices while caring for...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Ketamine offered no clinical benefit in pain management of cancer

• HemOnc Today, November 10, 2012
• Researchers who conducted a randomized, phase 3 trial designed to evaluate pain management in a cohort of patients with cancer observed no difference...More »

• Perspective

• Advanced-stage cancer patients experience significant pain variations

• HemOnc Today, September 25, 2012
• Patients with advanced-stage cancer may experience significance variation in pain intensity throughout the course of their disease, according to study...More »

• In the Journals

• HR capabilities affected pain management at inpatient centers

• HemOnc Today, August 25, 2012
• Pain management outcomes varied widely among nearly three dozen inpatient palliative care centers in Korea, according to results of a prospective study...More »

• In the Journals

• Depression may shorten cancer survival

• HemOnc Today, September 25, 2012
• Cancer patients who exhibited symptoms of depression had significantly poorer survival than those who did not, according to study results.
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