Advanced Practice

APPs are integral to cancer care delivery, working across the cancer continuum from prevention, risk reduction, screening and diagnosis to all modes of treatment, post-treatment survivorship and surveillance, and end-of-life care.

Malignant bowel obstruction is a common and serious complication that occurs most frequently in patients with advanced gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancers.

The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer care has expanded exponentially over the last few years.

APPs, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, bring a complicated definition of value to health care.

Palliative care is an important piece of cancer care that improves the quality of life for patients with cancer.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer individuals, or sexual and gender minorities, have been shown to have a disproportionate risk for cancer.

For the last several months, health care workers have rightfully been hailed as heroes.

The future held promise at the onset of 2020.

With the advent of the novel coronavirus, the delivery of health care has dramatically changed across the spectrum, requiring physicians, pharmacists and nurses to get creative with patient care.

Hepatocellular carcinoma, the sixth most common cancer, accounts for 90% of primary liver cancers worldwide. Its incidence has tripled since the 1980s.