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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Medical Oncology"”.
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Cancer Center Regional Benchmarks for Psychosocial Care
… Over the past decade, Loma Linda University Medical Oncology Center (LLUMOC) administration, physicians, nurses, psychosocial care staff, and chaplaincy collaborated to implement a psychosocial screening and referral program throughout cancer patient services. This current research includes …
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STANDARDIZATION OF SHIFT REPORT BY IMPLEMENTING A NURSING REPORT SHEET AND ADDRESSING PATIENT VALUES TO MEET PATIENT NEEDS
… level-one trauma center in San Diego, CA on the Medical/Oncology Unit. The patient population includes a diverse adult population and the average inpatient age is fifty-nine years old. Although limited, the project found to improve patient satisfaction scores. However, overtime did not decline. …
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Mentor Program
<p>Stanford Health Care- Valley Medical Oncology Consultants (SHC-VMOC) treats patients diagnosed with cancer or hematology disorders at multiple doctor’s offices and infusion centers across the Bay Area. Presently all five locations with nurses employed in the infusion centers are understaffed. …
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Cancer Diagnosis During Pregnancy: Evaluating The Challenges Faced By Oncologists
… utilize a multidisciplinary approach, involving medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, and a maternal fetal medicine specialist. In spite of this consensus, there is not a standardized approach for treating cancer in women diagnosed during pregnancy. Due to the …
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"All Set toGo Home":Improving Discharge Planning for Patient's SAfe and Timely Discharge
… for patient’s safe and timely discharge in the medical oncology and telemetry unit at the county hospital. The facility has 54-bed capacity with an average daily census of 35 to 40 specializing in cancer, end-stage diseases, cardiac issues, HIV/AIDS, sepsis, palliative and comfort care, …
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Management of patients on chemotherapeutic treatment for advanced cancer with acute conditions in the Emergency Department
… treatment-related events. New Zealand provides medical oncology services in a Hub and Spoke model, with an increasing emphasis on delivering treatment at out-patient ‘satellite’ services. The reality is that these services do not provide around the clock care, so after hours and urgent care is …
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Treatment-related decisional conflict, quality of life, and comorbid illness in older adults with cancer
… age group will also increase. The many chronic medical conditions associated with older adults will be confounded by a diagnosis of cancer. Older adults with cancer are at risk for physical, psychological, and functional decline as a result of not only the cancer, but also the cancer treatment. …
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Patient and Caregiver Perception of Shared Decision Making in the Serious Illness Conversation
… and family, the provider, and the system impair medical decision making. To overcome these challenges, the Serious Illness Conversation (SIC) Guide can be used to help assure that SDM is accomplished. The SIC Guide, developed and rigorously tested at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, was designed …
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Shear-wave imaging guidance for high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy
… the precision of this treatment in the field of medical oncology and brain surgery. Even though the precision of HIFU application/exposure is particularly high, the overall quality of HIFU treatment is still under active development due to the need of better imaging guidance. Current technology …
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Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in cancer
… continues to be a persistent challenge in medical oncology. In clinical settings, resistance can occur at the beginning of treatment, or may be acquired after an initial clinical response to the therapy. Several mechanisms of drug resistance have been described in cancer, including …
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Evaluating the Clinical and Financial Impact of Multi-Gene Panel Testing
BACKGROUND: Medical management of advanced cancers is increasingly guided by predictive biomarkers. Tumor mutation testing using commercial assays examining select gene panels is now incorporated in the standard work-up of advanced cancers. With some exceptions, existing and emerging biomarkers …
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Exploring alternative dosing schedules of sunitinib in cancer treatment
Contains fulltext : 317867.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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Quality aspects of Dutch colorectal cancer trials
Contains fulltext : 173476.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Caring for a patient with cancer: the psychosocial impact on informal caregivers
Contains fulltext : 236406.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Program Evaluation and Guideline Development for Psychological Treatment of the Adolescent and Young Adult Population with Cancer
… (AYA) cancer population suffers from many unique medical and mental health challenges. Both medical, psychological and support services play an important role in the lack of improvement in survival rates of this population. The purpose of this project was to identify the unique mental health …