June 22, 2001

 
In This Issue: 
New Nausea & Vomiting Guidelines, Access To Experimental Drugs,
Why Drugs Stop Working, Jury Decides Pain Case, Oncology Nurses Meeting For Patients,
 What Docs Tell People About Survival Times, and Forbes Picks Cancerpage!

 

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FORBES MAGAZINE PICKS CANCERPAGE.COM AS "BEST OF THE WEB"
Forbes is famous for its lists and now they have an online list of their "Best of the Web" picks for "Consumer" health web sites. Forbes: thanks for choosing cancerpage.com! You're our pick for Best of the Lists! See their reviews of consumer health web sites at:
http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=38
  
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THE LATEST NEWS
Families Demand Access To Experimental Drugs

 
Study Explains Why Cancer Drug Stops Working

 
Toxicity Risk With Anthracyclines After Herceptin

 
Docs Not Always Straight With Patients On Survival Time

 
Jury Finds Against Doctor In Pain Management Case

 

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NEW GUIDELINES FOR TREATING NAUSEA AND VOMITING

New guidelines to help patients understand how to control nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatment have been released recently by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) this week. Seventy to 80% of all cancer patients receiving chemotherapy experience nausea and vomiting as a result of their treatment. Some chemotherapy treatments produce nausea and vomiting in up to 90% of patients. Radiation therapy that exposes the intestine can also cause nausea and vomiting in up to 90% of patients. "It’s no fun to throw up," says Terri Ades, RN, MS, AOCN, director of health content for ACS. "The message from these guidelines is that nausea and vomiting can be treated. Because we have found newer, very effective medications, patients are realizing that nausea and vomiting are not something they have to put up with."http://www2.cancer.org/zine/index.cfm?fn=001_062220011_0
 
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ONCOLOGY NURSES PRESENT ONLINE BREAST CANCER WORKSHOPS

The Oncology Nursing Society, ONS, will present a series of conferences by toll-free telephone and workshops to discuss advanced breast cancer. The first teleconference, targeted to patients, is scheduled for July 13. The second, for professionals, will be Aug. 10. For more information about the teleconferences and workshops, see:
http://www.ons.org/xp6/ONS/News.xml/News_From_National.xml/This_Just_In.xml