cancer

Research Reports

Time to Treatment and the “Golden Hour”: Why They Matter and How Clinical Pathways Can Help

08/19/2024

This study explores how clinical pathways can help reduce time to treatment delays while improving health care quality, lowering direct and indirect health care costs, reducing patient financial toxicity, and achieving greater patient,...

This study explores how clinical...

08/19/2024

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Review

Association of Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Hyaluronan: A Scope of the Literature

02/27/2024

Khalifa Al Ghanim , MB, BCh, BAO;

Kimberly M. Jaszkul ;

Andrew Simpson , MD, FRCSC;

Eva A. Turley , PhD;

This narrative literature review focuses on nonmelanotic skin cancer and treatment strategies.

This narrative literature review...

02/27/2024

ePlasty

Case Report

Management of 2-Stage Breast Reconstruction in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Case Report

01/25/2024

Timothy Nehila , BA;

Madison Patrick , BS;

Deniz Dayicioglu , MD;

This report documents a case in which a patient with both cEDS and vEDS underwent 2-stage breast reconstruction.

This report documents a case in...

01/25/2024

ePlasty

Evidence Corner

Managing Oral Mucositis in Patients With Cancer

05/01/2021

Laura Bolton

This installment of Evidence Corner explores 2 recent systematic reviews of randomized controlled trial evidence informing clinical decisions in ways that may change thoughts about effective topical oral mucositis treatment.

This installment of Evidence...

05/01/2021

Wounds

Case Series

Complex Wound Management Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy With Instillation and Dwell Time in a Cancer Care Setting

05/05/2020

Dona Lyndhia Isaac ;

The author examines the impact of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time on multiple indicators of wound healing progress in 6 cancer patients with complex wounds and multiple comorbidities.

The author examines the impact...

05/05/2020

Wounds

Clinical Insights

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Cancer

04/21/2020

Yolanda Bryce , MD, RPVI;

Dr. Yolanda Bryce discusses the current research showing a link between peripheral arterial disease and cancer.

Dr. Yolanda Bryce discusses the...

04/21/2020

Vascular Disease Management

From the Field

Design and Integration of Predictive Modeling in the Oncology Clinical Setting to Reduce Readmissions

04/21/2020

Tammy Brown , MSN, RN, NEA-BC, OCN;

Vernon Alders , MHCDS, MBA, MSW1;

Kelsey Jarrold , MSISE;

Raghad Alkhawaldeh , PhD-c2;

Karen Sites , MSN, RN, OCN, CCM;

Courtney Crannell , DNP, MSN, RN-BC, OCN;

Abstract: A multidisciplinary team at ChristianaCare, headquartered in Wilmington, DE, designed a comprehensive pathway utilizing an internally developed predictive model to proactively reduce oncology...

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04/21/2020

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Q&As

3 Questions About Nonadvanced Adenomas and Metachronous Advanced Neoplasia Risk

03/25/2020

Carol Burke, MD, and Carol Rouphael, MD, answer our questions about their research, presented at the ACG 2019 Annual Meeting, that suggested a longer postpolypectomy colonoscopy interval may be possible among patients with multiple...

Carol Burke, MD, and Carol...

03/25/2020

Gastroenterology

News

AGA Releases Practice Guideline for Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Found During Endoscopy

12/11/2019

The American Gastroenterological Association has developed a new set of recommendations as part of its clinical practice guideline for the management of gastric intestinal metaplasia identified during routine upper endoscopy.

The American Gastroenterological...

12/11/2019

Gastroenterology

Quiz

Quiz: Gastric Cancer

11/21/2019

November is Stomach Cancer Awareness Month. Test your knowledge of stomach/gastric cancer by taking our short quiz that is based on facts from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute.

November is Stomach Cancer...

11/21/2019

Gastroenterology