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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the treatment of cancer for the advanced practice provider, including important concepts related to antineoplastics, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, goals of therapy, clinical trials, and treatment response.
This short, patient-friendly video provides a general overview of how chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy work differently to treat cancer. This can be used to compliment your patient education and uses an analogy that is easy for patients to understand.
Enhance your knowledge on hormone therapies in this quick easy to use resource. This is a targeted therapy that involves manipulating hormone levels to treat cancer. This huddle card details how hormone therapies work, the medications included in this category and the benefits to patients with cancer.
Kathleen Wiley, RN, MSN, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, sits down with Megan Harvey, MSN, RN, clinical nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss Harvey's experience with CAR T-cell therapy. Find out more about this immunotherapy treatment in cancer care.
Proton therapy differs from conventional photon (x-ray) radiation therapy because protons deposit their maximum dose at a specific depth, minimizing its effect on healthy tissues. Review this huddle card to learn about proton therapy, its benefits and limitations, and when it is used to treat patients with cancer.
A person with cancer will need vascular access of some type if they will be receiving IV treatment.