How We Do It

AIP: Implementing a Standardized Pharmacist Assessment and Evaluating the Role of a Pharmacist in a Multidisciplinary Supportive Oncology Clinic

Supportive care, or palliative care, in oncology patients has been a shifting paradigm in the last few years. Patients with... »

Managing Side Effects of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy to Optimize Adherence in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: The Role of the Midlevel Practitioner

In the last decade, the development of imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has brought about unprecedented change in the... »

Coordination of Care in Breast Cancer Survivors: An Overview

The number of breast cancer survivors in the United States is increasing. With longer survival, there has been an increase... »

Guiding Patients Facing Decisions about “Futile” Chemotherapy

When deciding whether or not chemotherapy is “futile,” the concept of medical futility must be explored.1 Though it remains... »

Providing Pain and Palliative Care Education Internationally

For many clinicians in oncology, educating other health-care professionals about cancer pain and palliative care is part of... »

Supporting Children's Grief within an Adult and Pediatric Palliative Care Program

Children are too often the forgotten mourners in the homes of dying patients. Children, even young children, and youth... »

Facilitating Hospice Discussions: A Six-Step Roadmap

Hospice programs provide comprehensive, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. However, many patients do... »

Facilitating Hospice Discussions: A Six-Step Roadmap

Hospice programs provide comprehensive, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. However, many patients do... »

Facilitating Hospice Discussions: A Six-Step Roadmap

Hospice programs provide comprehensive, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. However, many patients do... »

Recognizing Depression in Patients with Cancer

Caring for the “whole person” across the continuum of disease remains a top priority for clinicians. Strides in basic and... »

Management Of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor–Induced Hand–Foot Skin Reaction: Viewpoints from the Medical Oncologist, Dermatologist, and Oncology Nurse

We are living in an era of “molecularly targeted therapy.” This targeted approach has developed as advances in science have... »

Current Issue

The Journal of Supportive Oncology Focused on symptom and side-effect management, communication issues, and end-of-life care for patients with cancer.

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calendar

Feb 23 - 25 Miami, FL	American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS): Annual Conference
Mar 3 - 6 Washington, DC	American Society of Preventive Oncology (ASPO): Annual Meeting
Mar 12 - 14 Baltimore, MD	Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC): Annual National Meeting
Mar 14 - 18 Hollywood, FL	National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care
Mar 17 - 20 Gdansk,	European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)/ European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO): Combined Drug-Radiation Treatment
Mar 21 - 24 Orlando, FL	Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO): Annual Cancer Symposium
Mar 21 - 24 Vienna,	European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC 8)
Mar 29 - 31 Vienna,	European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO)/ European Association fo Nuclear Medicine (EANM): Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology (MIRO)
Mar 30 - 31 Las Vegas, NV	Elsevier Oncology: Community Oncology Conference
Mar 30 - 31 Annapolis, MD	Johns Hopkins University (JHU): Bi-annual Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Conference: Controversies in Manangement - A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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