Category Archives: In the News

Stories from the Internet…

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An article from New Scientist discusses the large amount of patient data from three London hospitals being shared with Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence in an effort to develop predictive support tools for healthcare providers. Thanks to Marina Rosenfield for alerting me this story.

The NIH has announced the appointment of Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D. as the new head the National Library of Medicine. Read the press release here. Dr. Brennan has experience with both patient care and medical informatics.

The Clinical Librarian from the Edward L. Pratt Library at Cincinnati Children’s has posted on the Library Blog about some medical podcasts and resources for locating more podcasts on medicine. You can also find more podcasts on medicine, science, and a wide variety of other topics on our new Podcasts LibGuide.

HONY at MSK, MSK Nurses Present at ONS, and more

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Brandon Staton, of the the hugely popular photoblog Humans of New York was on site in the Pediatrics Department at MSK, documenting the stories of some of our young patients, their families, and our amazing staff on M9. Follow along in the coming days and weeks as a new story is told each day on HONY’s Facebook page. HONY has also created a fundraiser to raise money to research the rare cancers these kids are battling.

MSK Nurses had a strong showing at this year’s ONS Annual Congress in San Antonio, Texas. There were 23 accepted abstracts from 65 MSK authors (including 61 of our nurses!).  Six of those abstracts were podium presentations. Congratulations presenters! Continue reading →

Highlights of the 2016 ONS Annual Congress in San Antonio, TX

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In recognition of National Nurses week, stories for Cancer Research News will highlight the latest in nursing oncology research as presented at the 2016 Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress in San Antonio, Texas.

    • Viveca Lindh, RN, PhD discusses her research on children undergoing radiotherapy treatment at the recent 2016 ONS Congress.

  • Bonita Bennett’s, BSN, RN, a nurse coordinator at the University of Pennsylvania, presentation at ONS focused on how oncology nurses can play a pivotal role in diagnosis and management of rare neuroendocrine tumors pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Read more about her research in Oncology Nurse Advisor.
  • Nurses at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven presented at the ONS 41st Annual Congress about an oral chemotherapy care model they created that has improved delivery times, patient satisfaction, and co-pay support. Details of their talk were highlighted in Oncology Nurse Advisor.