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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.

October 2011: Trials in Progress

October 21st 2011

This month's collection of trials in progress highlights trials presented at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Meeting.

Dr. Bardwell on Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Patients

October 20th 2011

Dr. Wayne Bardwell from the UCSD Cancer Center Discusses Psychosocial Needs of Cancer Patients

Dr. Woodruff Discusses the Growing Field of Oncofertility

October 20th 2011

Dr. Teresa Woodruff from Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Discusses the Growing Field of Oncofertility

What Would You Do: Would you use an implanted port that lacked a blood return to administer non-vesicant chemotherapy?

October 12th 2011

Oncology nursing and vascular access leaders provide their expert opinions to answer the question of whether a blood return needs be establised to administer non-vesicant chemotherapy.

Dr. Morrow Discusses the Z11 Trial Focus on Morbidity

October 11th 2011

Dr. Monica Morrow from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Discusses the Z11 Trial Focus on Morbidity

Talactoferrin Shows Promise for Treatment of Severe Sepsis

September 28th 2011

The investigational oral agent talactoferrin alfa reduces the risk of death in patients being treated in the intensive care unit for severe sepsis.

Dr. Dixon on Advances in Axillary Node Procedures

September 8th 2011

Dr. J. Michael Dixon from the University of Edinburgh on Advances in Breast Cancer Axillary Node Procedures

New Nomogram Tools Predict Risk of Lymphedema

September 6th 2011

A new set of statistical models will soon be available to help predict the risk of lymphedema for patients with breast cancer who have undergone ALND.

ASCO Highlights: Trials in Progress

August 23rd 2011

The following is a roundup of TPS abstracts that feature trials open to patients aged >17 years with a broad range of cancer types.

Clinicians Need to Coordinate More Effectively in Cancer Survivorship Care

August 18th 2011

A survey of more than 2200 physicians indicated that cancer specialists and primary care physicians (PCPs) differ markedly in their concerns about the care that cancer survivors receive.

Survivorship Care Plans Do Not Improve Outcomes for Patients With Breast Cancer

August 16th 2011

A randomized trial comparing survivorship care plans with standard oncologist discharge visits in patients with breast cancer found no differences in outcomes among the groups.

Recognizing a Need for Psychiatrists in Cancer Hospitals

August 11th 2011

Dr Jimmie C. Holland was long convinced that psychological status was a critical factor not just in cancer management, but in illness more broadly.

State of Mind? Assessing the Psychosocial Needs of Patients With Cancer

August 8th 2011

Oncologists too often fail to detect the severe distress that can accompany a diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

Quality-of-Life Targeted Therapies

August 8th 2011

In the context of caring for cancer patients, all physicians and nurses trained in oncology receive education in quality-of-life issues; however, prolonging quantity of life remains our ultimate goal.

Donna Berry Describes the ESRA-C Program

July 27th 2011

Donna Berry Describes the Electronic Self-Report Assessment for Cancer (ESRA-C) Program

Dr. Lichter on UN Summit for Non-Communicable Diseases

July 21st 2011

Dr. Allen S. Lichter CEO of ASCO on the upcoming UN Summit for Non-Communicable Diseases

Karen Hagemaster on Chemo Documentation Study

July 20th 2011

Karen Hagemaster from Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital on Chemotherapy Documentation Study

Dr. Pruthi on the Flaxseed for Hot Flashes Trial Results

July 19th 2011

Dr. Sandhya Pruthi from the Mayo Clinic Explains the Flaxseed for Hot Flashes Trial Results

Dana Monroe on Yervoy Side Effect Nurse Self-Education

July 19th 2011

Dana Monroe from San Francisco Oncology Associates on Yervoy Side Effects and How Oncology Nurses Can Self-Educate

Dr. Schuchter on Managing Ipilimumab's Side Effects

July 13th 2011

Dr. Lynn Schuchter from Penn Medicine Discusses Managing Ipilimumab's (Yervoy) Side Effects with the REMS program