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Breast Cancer Early Detection: An Academic–Community Partnership in the Philippines

Tsu-Yin Wu
Jenni L. Hoffman
CJON 2019, 23(5), 547-551 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.547-551
A high proportion of patients with breast cancer in the Philippines present at an advanced stage and have a rapid, unfavorable outcome. Providing breast cancer education and early detection to this population is important to help reduce this health disparity. This article describes the impact of a...
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Editorial

Redefining Interdisciplinary Practice

Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson
ONF 2019, 619 DOI:
Although bandied about more these days than in the past, the term “interdisciplinary practice” has been in use for many years and refers traditionally to the involvement of two or more professional disciplines in the care of the patient, including physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists,...
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Oncology Nursing Society Position

Oncology Services in the Ambulatory Setting

ONF 2001, 14 DOI:
Market forces have combined to create an environment in which patient-care safety issues often are compromised by overriding cost concerns. Administration of increasingly complex cancer therapies in the ambulatory setting mandates that patient safety be assured by the presence of qualified...
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Commentary

Has the Emperor Met His Match?

Kelly J. Brassil
Ellen Carr
CJON 2019, 23(2), 3-4 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.S1.3-4
In the 2015 Ken Burns documentary, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies , based on Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Emperor of All Maladies , the 2011 nonfiction award-winning biography about cancer, we are introduced to the first pediatric patient who received an experimental cellular therapy at Children...
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NCPD Article

Management Across Settings: An Ambulatory and Community Perspective for Patients Undergoing CAR T-Cell Therapy in Multiple Care Settings

Alix Beaupierre
Rachel Lundberg
Leslie Marrero
Michael Jain
Trent Wang
Maritza C. Alencar
CJON 2019, 23(2), 27-34 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.S1.27-34
Background: Many patients are referred to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy programs from outside their primary oncology setting and community. Collaboration between the referring and treating providers is required to coordinate safe and effective care. Objectives: This article...
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