COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the entire health care system to a great extent and led development utilization of alternative approaches. Tele-oncology holds potential deliver cancer care. With use tele-oncology, physical distancing can be maintained. This will help patients as well oncologist other supporting staff from getting exposed virus. However, there are many challenges for starting t...

S. Novello1, F. Barlesi2, R. Califano3,4, T. Cufer5, S. Ekman6, M. Giaj Levra7, K. Kerr8, S. Popat9, M. Reck10, S. Senan11, G. V. Simo12, J. Vansteenkiste13 & S. Peters14 on behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Committee* Oncology Department, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi-Orbassano, Orbassano, Italy; Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Multidisciplinary Oncology and Therapeutic Innovations...

abstract background totally implantable central venous access devices (ports) have been available for over 10 years, but have not been achieved widespread use in pediatric oncology patients. ports facilitate the administration of chemotherapy in children with cancer. materials and methods in this study, early complications of implantable central venous access devices in children with different ...

The purpose of this article is to review a historical perspective of the Certified Nurse Specialist role and current trends in nursing education and practice of the Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist. Since the initiation of Certified Nurse Specialist credentialing system in 1995, 193 Oncology Certified Nurse Specialists have practiced in clinical settings. The Oncology Certified Nurse Special...

1Department of Medicine II, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany; 2Department of Hematology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany; 3Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation, Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden, Germany; 4Department of Medicine II, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany; 5University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany; 6Hemato...

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients seem to be in a sort of no-man's land, halfway between the two different worlds of pediatric and adult medical oncology and bearing the brunt, in terms of inclusion in clinical trials and quality of professional care, of the lack of integration between these two worlds. This article discusses the different organization models of care used in pediatric o...

1Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Rotterdam; 2Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Erasmus MC–Sophia, Rotterdam; 3Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; 4Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Vrije Universiteit (VU) University Medical Center, Amsterdam; 5Rheumatology, VU Univer...

1Department of Pediatric Oncology, 2Department of Flow Cytometry, 3Department of Cytogenetics, 6Department of Nuclear Medicine, 7Students Scientific Section at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Medical University of Białystok, Poland; 4Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; 5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical University...

*Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; yDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; zMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; xDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; jjDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;...

IMED 801 Hematology/Oncology Credits 1.25 to 10. It is the purpose of this elective to provide the student with an introduction to clinical oncology and laboratory hematology/oncology, particularly the approach to and evaluation of the patient with a hematologic/oncology disorder. The student will assist /perform routine hematologic procedures, including evaluation of peripheral smears and poss...