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Oncology Nursing Society 2009
Get ready to be wowed in San Antonio. Congress is the #1 cancer nursing conference around, and you're going to have a ball connecting to colleagues, getting the latest oncology information, and strengthening your career and your profession.

You'll truly become part of the ONS community as you network and share ideas with more than 5,000 oncology nurses from across the United States and around the world. Learn more about this year's Congress activities.
Jonathan Kaufman, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, provided an overview of this plasma cell cancer and discussed some of the novel therapeutics that have considerably improved survival.
Geralyn Lucas, a very spunky breast cancer survivor, gave an amazing key note address that kept the audience engaged with her humor.
Attendees at the ONS Congress in San Antonio are talking about two things: the swine flu, which has infected sixteen people here in Texas, and keynote speaker Geralyn Lucas.

Eating nutritiously is vital for all individuals, as it can reduce the risk of cancer and other debilitating diseases.

In 2006, Cure allowed readers the opportunity to honor an oncology nurse who provided them with exemplary care by initiating the Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.
Marilyn Haas, PhD, RN, Mountain Radiation Oncology, Asheville, North Carolina, and Stephen Hahn, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelpia, introduced the audience to several relatively new types of sophisticated machinery that allow radiation to be distributed more accurately, resulting in less toxicity to surrounding tissue.
Attendees at the ONS Congress are still energized on the start of day three of the conference. Today’s sessions covered a wide range of topics ranging from long-term care of breast cancer survivors to treatment of metastatic disease.
As you can well imagine, a cancer diagnosis can lead to an incredible amount of distress, which may be amplified once a patient starts to undergo treatment and experience its related side effects.
This year, I’m not seeing as many nurses wearing "First Time Attendee" ribbons as I did last year.
Peritoneal carcinomatosis is the metastatic spread of cancer within the peritoneal cavity by seeding from a primary malignancy, such as colon, ovarian, gastric, or breast cancer; it may also occur as a primary disease, as in the case of peritoneal mesothelioma.
Patients with cancer who experience moderate to severe pain may be prescribed opioids and could become addicted to them; thus, it is important for oncology nurses to understand addiction and how to assess and manage pain in this patient population.
Mary Hughes, MS, RN, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, discussed the importance of addressing sexual matters with patients who have cancer.
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