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The OncLive Supportive Care condition center page is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on supportive care and management of patients with cancer. This page features news articles, interviews in written and video format, and podcasts that focus on unmet needs, treatment advances, best practices, and ongoing research as it relates to supportive care for patients with cancer.

Tanveer P. Mir, MD, to Become Chair-Elect of Board of Regents of National Physicians' Group

March 24th 2014

Leader in Supportive Oncology at Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center to Take Leadership Position with the American College of Physicians.

Patients Coping With Insomnia May Benefit from Behavioral Interventions

March 20th 2014

Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can improve sleep for patients with cancer, but CBT-I continues to be the best nonpharmacologic option

Despite a Low-Tier Ranking, Patients Remain Loyal to Their Personal Doc

March 20th 2014

Patients were no more likely to switch away from lower-tiered physicians than higher-tiered physicians within their health plan, especially if the physician was considered the patient's personal doctor

AHRQ Report Says Evaluating Survivorship Programs Difficult Because of 'Idiosyncrasies'

March 18th 2014

Efforts to evaluate cancer survivorship programs are a daunting task according to a technical brief issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Brisk Walking May Lower Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness

March 11th 2014

Brisk walking helps normalize the shape of vessels in prostate cancer tumors, which may make the tumors less aggressive and more responsive to anti-cancer therapies

Lymphoid Malignancy Treatment Considerations

March 11th 2014

Novel Agents and Chemotherapy Regimens in PTCL

March 11th 2014

Novel Treatment Strategies for PTCL

March 11th 2014

Exploratory Therapies for Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Treatment Selection for Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Novel Agents and Combinations in Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Pretransplant Brentuximab Vedotin in Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Frontline Treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Role of Radiation Therapy in Hodgkin Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Novel ADCs in Development for Lymphoid Malignancies

March 11th 2014

Brentuximab Vedotin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

March 11th 2014

Brentuximab Vedotin in CD30-Positive Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Introduction: Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Lymphoma

March 11th 2014

Study Suggests IMRT Improves Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

February 25th 2014

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) improved survival and reduced toxicities compared with conventional radiation treatment in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a recent database analysis.

Providing Earlier Palliative Care Improves Quality of Life, Patient Satisfaction

February 19th 2014

Traditionally, palliative care for patients with cancer is geared towards end-of-life measures, but a new study from the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto suggests patients who receive palliative care earlier in their cancer therapy report improved quality of life and greater satisfaction.