Mindfulness Program Reduces Burnout, Compassion Fatigue in Nurses
A study sought to determine if mindfulness-based stress reduction would ease compassion fatigue and burnout among the facility’s pediatric oncology nurses.
Oncology
Top Recent FDA Approvals
Recent FDA approvals include treatments for acute low back pain, postoperative nausea and vomiting, multiple myeloma, hemophilia B, and fibromyalgia pain.
USPSTF: Evidence Still Lacking for Routine Skin Cancer Screening
Current evidence is insufficient for assessing balance of benefits and harms of screening for asymptomatic teens, adults.
Trial Raises Questions About Effectiveness of Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Screening colonoscopy may provide a small reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer and no reduction in the risk of death, a study suggests.
Black Women Have Less Access to Newer Mammogram Technology
Among women with Medicare insurance, Black women less likely than White women to receive digital versus screen-film mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis.
Enlarging Breast Mass in 69-Year-Old Woman With History of Cysts
The patient first noticed a firm, nontender, moveable hard mass while conducting a routine breast self-examination in the shower.
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab-Ipilimumab Could Be New Standard Care in dMMR Colon Cancer
Neoadjuvant nivolumab and ipilimumab produced an “unprecedented” major pathologic response rate in the NICHE-2 study, according to the lead study author.
Effects of Breast Cancer Treatments on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
A review of the results of the Pathways Heart Study, which sought to identify the link between a history of breast cancer treatment and cardiovascular risks in women.
Multimodal Treatment Linked to 3-Year Overall Survival in Esophageal Cancer
Researchers sought to determine the survival outcomes of patients with metastatic esophageal cancer who received multimodality treatment, including an operation.
Incidence of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Up in the US
Overall incidence rate 6 times higher for patients aged 40 years or older vs younger than 40 years, but increase in CTCL rate significantly higher for those younger than 40 years.
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