Journal ArticleClinical journal of oncology nursing · July 2024
BackgroundLiterature on advanced practice providers (APPs) prescribing chemotherapy independently, without physician cosignature, is limited.ObjectivesThis project assessed safety and provider satisfaction for an existing independent APP ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · May 2024
PurposeThe Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)/European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Patient Antiemetic Guideline Committee aimed to (1) adapt the updated evidence-based, clinical guidelines to patient-centered ant ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners · March 2024
BackgroundThe widespread use of telehealth and regulatory changes that enhanced nurse practitioner (NP) practice authority because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic offers an opportunity to assess postpandemic NP satisfaction with telehealth care deliver ...
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ConferenceAmerican Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · January 1, 2024
Background: Primary brain tumors (PBTs) pose a significant health challenge, affecting patients and their caregivers. While early integration of palliative care (PC) has shown benefits in advanced cancer, its integration for PBT patients, particularly glio ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · December 2023
PurposeReview the literature to propose suggestions or recommendations for controlling nausea and vomiting through integrative and non-pharmacological treatments for the MASCC/ESMO 2023 update of its antiemetic guidelines.MethodsThe autho ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · June 2023
BackgroundCancer treatment-related nausea and vomiting continue to be common and distressing symptoms for patients, despite improvements in antiemetics. Dietary modifications could potentially improve this symptom experience. Clinicians frequently ...
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Journal ArticleGastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · July 2022
This project is aimed to identify whether recovery times could be reduced in patients undergoing an outpatient liver biopsy. Liver biopsies are typically performed in a hospital setting, and many facilities require patients to recover for multiple hours, s ...
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Journal ArticleSupport Care Cancer · April 2022
PURPOSE: At diagnosis and throughout the disease course, patients with high-grade glioma (HGG) experience a diminished quality of life (QOL) and increased fatigue. Naltrexone, an orally semisynthetic opiate antagonist, is FDA-approved for the treatment of ...
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Journal ArticleClinical journal of oncology nursing · June 2021
BackgroundBone marrow procedures cause anxiety and pain in adult patients with cancer. Music is a safe, inexpensive, noninvasive intervention that is easy to implement and is well received by patients and providers.ObjectivesThe purpose o ...
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Journal ArticleNeurooncol Pract · June 2021
BACKGROUND: Spirituality can impact patients' attitudes and decisions about treatment and end-of-life care when coping with cancer. Previous studies documented health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and spiritual well-being (SWB) as positively correlated w ...
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Journal ArticleSupport Care Cancer · May 2020
PURPOSE: CINV remains a distressing side effect experienced by glioma patients receiving multi-day temozolomide therapy, in spite of guideline-based antiemetic therapy with selective serotonin-receptor-antagonists. Antiemetic research with aprepitant has r ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · August 2019
Nurses play an integral role in high-quality patient care. Thus, their skills in providing end-of-life care should be assessed and continually enhanced. Education intended to improve end-of-life skills must address the affective/emotional component of nurs ...
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Journal ArticleComplement Ther Clin Pract · August 2019
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Little is known about complementary and integrative health intervention usage in the primary brain tumor population. We aimed to identify the percentage of patients using these practices and explore the impact on quality of life. MA ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Oncol Nurs · December 2018
OBJECTIVES: To describe the adaptability to the patterns in symptoms and quality of life (QoL) during 6 months post low-grade glioma diagnosis by valid and reliable tools; to identify through qualitative interviews patient/provider adaptive techniques and ...
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Journal ArticleOncologist · August 2018
LESSONS LEARNED: Due to evolving imaging criteria in brain tumors and variation in magnetic resonance imaging evaluation, it is not ideal to use response rate as a primary objective. Future studies involving antiangiogenic agents should use overall surviva ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · February 2018
PurposeChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) can be prevented in most patients with use of guideline-recommended antiemetic regimens. However, studies have suggested that adherence to antiemetic guidelines is suboptimal. Oncology nurses, ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology · 2018
In medicine, neuro-oncology practice falls outside the scope of established practice requirements for the specialties of neurology, medical oncology, and neurosurgery, justifying the prerequisite of specialized training to practice neuro-oncology. Neuro-on ...
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Journal ArticleClinical journal of oncology nursing · July 2024
BackgroundLiterature on advanced practice providers (APPs) prescribing chemotherapy independently, without physician cosignature, is limited.ObjectivesThis project assessed safety and provider satisfaction for an existing independent APP ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · May 2024
PurposeThe Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)/European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Patient Antiemetic Guideline Committee aimed to (1) adapt the updated evidence-based, clinical guidelines to patient-centered ant ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners · March 2024
BackgroundThe widespread use of telehealth and regulatory changes that enhanced nurse practitioner (NP) practice authority because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic offers an opportunity to assess postpandemic NP satisfaction with telehealth care deliver ...
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ConferenceAmerican Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · January 1, 2024
Background: Primary brain tumors (PBTs) pose a significant health challenge, affecting patients and their caregivers. While early integration of palliative care (PC) has shown benefits in advanced cancer, its integration for PBT patients, particularly glio ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · December 2023
PurposeReview the literature to propose suggestions or recommendations for controlling nausea and vomiting through integrative and non-pharmacological treatments for the MASCC/ESMO 2023 update of its antiemetic guidelines.MethodsThe autho ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · June 2023
BackgroundCancer treatment-related nausea and vomiting continue to be common and distressing symptoms for patients, despite improvements in antiemetics. Dietary modifications could potentially improve this symptom experience. Clinicians frequently ...
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Journal ArticleGastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · July 2022
This project is aimed to identify whether recovery times could be reduced in patients undergoing an outpatient liver biopsy. Liver biopsies are typically performed in a hospital setting, and many facilities require patients to recover for multiple hours, s ...
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Journal ArticleSupport Care Cancer · April 2022
PURPOSE: At diagnosis and throughout the disease course, patients with high-grade glioma (HGG) experience a diminished quality of life (QOL) and increased fatigue. Naltrexone, an orally semisynthetic opiate antagonist, is FDA-approved for the treatment of ...
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Journal ArticleClinical journal of oncology nursing · June 2021
BackgroundBone marrow procedures cause anxiety and pain in adult patients with cancer. Music is a safe, inexpensive, noninvasive intervention that is easy to implement and is well received by patients and providers.ObjectivesThe purpose o ...
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Journal ArticleNeurooncol Pract · June 2021
BACKGROUND: Spirituality can impact patients' attitudes and decisions about treatment and end-of-life care when coping with cancer. Previous studies documented health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and spiritual well-being (SWB) as positively correlated w ...
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Journal ArticleSupport Care Cancer · May 2020
PURPOSE: CINV remains a distressing side effect experienced by glioma patients receiving multi-day temozolomide therapy, in spite of guideline-based antiemetic therapy with selective serotonin-receptor-antagonists. Antiemetic research with aprepitant has r ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · August 2019
Nurses play an integral role in high-quality patient care. Thus, their skills in providing end-of-life care should be assessed and continually enhanced. Education intended to improve end-of-life skills must address the affective/emotional component of nurs ...
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Journal ArticleComplement Ther Clin Pract · August 2019
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Little is known about complementary and integrative health intervention usage in the primary brain tumor population. We aimed to identify the percentage of patients using these practices and explore the impact on quality of life. MA ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Oncol Nurs · December 2018
OBJECTIVES: To describe the adaptability to the patterns in symptoms and quality of life (QoL) during 6 months post low-grade glioma diagnosis by valid and reliable tools; to identify through qualitative interviews patient/provider adaptive techniques and ...
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Journal ArticleOncologist · August 2018
LESSONS LEARNED: Due to evolving imaging criteria in brain tumors and variation in magnetic resonance imaging evaluation, it is not ideal to use response rate as a primary objective. Future studies involving antiangiogenic agents should use overall surviva ...
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Journal ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · February 2018
PurposeChemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) can be prevented in most patients with use of guideline-recommended antiemetic regimens. However, studies have suggested that adherence to antiemetic guidelines is suboptimal. Oncology nurses, ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology · 2018
In medicine, neuro-oncology practice falls outside the scope of established practice requirements for the specialties of neurology, medical oncology, and neurosurgery, justifying the prerequisite of specialized training to practice neuro-oncology. Neuro-on ...
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Journal ArticleJ Neurooncol · September 2017
Primary brain tumor patients experience high levels of distress. The purpose of this cross-sectional, retrospective study is to evaluate the level and different sources of psychosocial distress and how these pertain to health-related quality of life (HRQoL ...
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Journal ArticleTher Clin Risk Manag · 2017
PURPOSE: Given that the prognosis of recurrent malignant glioma (MG) remains poor, improving quality of life (QoL) through symptom management is important. Meta-analyses establishing antiemetic guidelines have demonstrated the superiority of palonosetron ( ...
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Journal ArticleCNS Oncol · October 2016
All cancer patients experience distress from the diagnosis, the effects of the disease or the treatment. Clinically significant distress decreases overall quality of life and the recognition of distress with prompt intervention is essential. The National C ...
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ConferenceSupport Care Cancer · October 2016
BACKGROUND: In malignant glioma (MG) patients undergoing radiation therapy (RT) with concomitant temozolomide, chemoradiation-induced nausea and vomiting (cRINV) degrades quality of life (QoL) and reduces treatment adherence, which thereby potentially comp ...
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Journal ArticleSupport Care Cancer · July 2014
PURPOSE: A quality improvement project was implemented to improve adherence to evidence-based antiemetic guidelines for malignant glioma patients treated with moderately emetic chemotherapy (MEC). Poorly controlled chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting ...
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Journal ArticleCancer management and research · January 2014
Prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is a key component of treatment for patients with cancer. Guidelines are available to assist prescribers in the management of CINV associated with single-day chemotherapy regimens. However, curr ...
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Journal ArticleCancer · August 1, 2009
BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most lethal type of brain tumor, has a 1-year median survival. The effect of carmustine wafers on the survival of newly diagnosed GBM patients treated with radiotherapy (RT) and concurrent temozolomide (TMZ) p ...
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Journal ArticleTher Clin Risk Manag · October 2007
Malignant gliomas represent the majority of primary brain tumors, and the prognosis of the patients afflicted with these tumors has been historically dismal, with almost uniform progressive neurologic impairment and rapid death. Even with multimodal treatm ...
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Journal ArticleBone Marrow Transplant · June 2006
The prognosis for patients with metastatic breast cancer remains poor. Metastatic breast cancer confined to the bones may have a better prognosis, especially hormone receptor-positive disease. We performed a prospective, randomized clinical trial to compar ...
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Journal ArticleBiol Blood Marrow Transplant · February 2006
We conducted this study to determine event-free and overall survival among women with hormone-insensitive or hormone-resistant metastatic breast cancer receiving consolidation with high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and hematopoietic support versus no further ch ...
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Journal ArticleNeuro Oncol · April 2004
Irinotecan is a topoisomerase I inhibitor previously shown to be active in the treatment of malignant glioma. We now report the results of a phase 1 trial of irinotecan plus BCNU, or 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, for patients with recurrent or prog ...
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Journal ArticleNeuro Oncol · April 2004
In preclinical studies, BCNU, or 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, plus CPT-11 (irinotecan) exhibits schedule-dependent, synergistic activity against malignant glioma (MG). We previously established the maximum tolerated dose of CPT-11 when administere ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Oncol · February 15, 2003
PURPOSE: Temozolomide (Temodar; Schering-Plough Corp, Kenilworth, NJ) is an imidazole tetrazinone that undergoes chemical conversion to the active methylating agent 5-(3-methyltriazen-1yl)imidazole-4-carboximide under physiologic conditions. Previous studi ...
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Journal ArticleNeuro Oncol · October 2001
Both Gliadel wafers [1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea] and temozolomide (TEMO) have been shown in independent studies to prolong survival of patients with recurrent malignant glioma following surgery and radiotherapy. On the basis of preclinical eviden ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Oncol · October 1999
PURPOSE: We performed a retrospective review to determine predictive and prognostic factors in patients with metastatic breast cancer who received induction therapy, and, if they responded to treatment, high-dose chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patient ...
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Journal ArticleCancer Chemother Pharmacol · 1996
The purpose of the present study was to determine the maximally tolerated dose of thioTEPA given with fixed high-dose cyclophosphamide (CPA) and cisplatin (cDDP) followed by autologous bone marrow (ABM) with or without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor ...
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Journal ArticleCytokine · July 1995
Uncontrolled clinical trials have shown that parenteral administration of GM-CSF reduces the frequency of chemotherapy-induced mucositis. The mechanism of this effect could be related to acceleration of haematopoiesis and/or increase in functional activati ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of computer assisted tomography · July 1992
A pilot study was organized to compare the utility of scintigraphy, radiographic bone surveys, and conventional CT bone windows (CTBWs) in judging therapeutic response of bone lesions in patients with metastatic breast carcinoma. Twenty-six patients with s ...
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Journal ArticleJ Clin Oncol · January 1991
We designed an ex vivo bone marrow treatment for breast cancer patients receiving high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow support (ABMS), using 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC), an active derivative of cyclophosphamide with known activity aga ...
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Journal ArticleCancer · August 1, 1990
Forty-five patients have completed treatment with AFM, an intensive induction chemotherapy regimen composed of Adriamycin (doxorubicin, Adria Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio), 5-fluorouracil, and methotrexate with folinic acid rescue. This regimen was designe ...
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Journal ArticleCancer Chemother Pharmacol · 1990
Intensive doses of carboplatin, cyclophosphamide, and BCNU with autologous bone marrow support were given to four patients with advanced melanoma. Three developed clinically diagnosed, severe veno-occlusive liver disease, which was fatal in two cases. The ...
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Journal ArticleBlood · October 1988
We have previously reported that continuous intravenous (IV) administration of recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF) to humans following high-dose alkylating agent chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow support (ABMS) re ...
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