Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are part of a new category of survivors emerging in the population of Americans who are living with cancer. These survivors who have received treatment are living with an incurable cancer ...
Pain is still undertreated and thus a significant problem for at least half of all cancer patients. Inadequately managed cancer pain may cause significant morbidity and even affect mortality, as well as patient quality of life. One endur...
Abstract
Family caregivers who provide care for a loved one with advanced cancer suffer physically and psychologically from the care demands of a family member with high symptom burden and a poor prognosis. Often, family members are als...
Selected Patient Cases From the APSHO Regional Lecture Series
Introduction
As the official publication of the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO), JADPRO is pleased to offer Part 3 of an accredited educati...
Case Study
In February 2011, a 69-year-old, 1.91 m2 Caucasian male was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Immediately prior to the diagnosis of AML, the patient was otherwise healthy until he developed multiple infections, inc...
