First responders’ persistent exposures to toxic chemicals, abnormal sleep schedules, and constant stress may lead to a higher risk of developing cancer. In particular, firefighters have a 9% higher risk for a cancer diagnosis and a 14% higher risk of cancer mortality compared to the general population.
Join ONS member Suzanne Mahon, RN, AOCN®, AGN-BC, FAAN, professor at Saint Louis University in Missouri and member of the St. Louis ONS Chapter, as she demonstrates how to examine and explore germline genomic testing reports. Understanding these reports is critical when providing patient education, and Mahon’s tips and tricks when identifying report components and their importance are helpful tools for oncology nurses to consider in their practice.
After clinical trial outcomes demonstrated a statistically significant difference in progression-free survival in a subgroup of patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-altered disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted elacestrant’s (Orserdu™) application priority review and fast-track designation, with regular approval in January 2023.
A combination of intensive chemotherapy immunotherapy administration education and shorter training on oncology symptom management can prepare correctional facility nurses to safely care for patients with cancer in the community, according to presenters in an oral abstract session at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023.
Veterans and active service members of the U.S. armed forces have dedicated their lives to the safety and freedom of their country. However, that honorable service may place them at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and cancer.
Think back to the moment you successfully passed your initial nursing licensure exam to begin your journey as a licensed nurse. How did you feel? Did you know that you wanted to become an oncology nurse?
Ushering in a new field of study called tobacco regulatory research, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Tobacco Regulatory Science Program (TRSP) funded its first 14 Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science in 2013. Ten years later, David M. Murray, PhD, associate director of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Disease Prevention, highlighted TRSP’s decade of research discoveries—but reinforced the need for continued research and advocacy on tobacco use.
Food culture—the practices, attitudes, beliefs, and networks surrounding the growing, production, distribution, and eating of food—links individuals around the world and the meaningful stories behind their favorite dishes. Your heritage may connect you to recipes that trace back generations, and the important meaning behind those meals is often rooted in tradition, celebration, and sustaining your physical and mental well-being.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, both the Trump and Biden-Harris administrations used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a primary authority to collect and disseminate information about the virus. Although the public initially lauded the agency’s efforts, the changing protocols and communication directions. In Washington, DC’s, often-polarizing political environment, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, bore the brunt of the blame, and in May 2023, she announced her resignation effective June 30.
Unsupervised machine learning can assign older adult patients to low, moderate, or high prediagnosis symptom severity categories, allowing healthcare providers to identify patients at risk for hospitalization or death even before initiating treatment, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.