Oncology

Patients undergoing chemotherapy often casually mention that they have started sleeping in separate bedrooms from their partners. ‘Just in case.’

Well over half of cancer survivors deal with insomnia.

Study finds radiation alone might be sufficient after prostate cancer surgery, though hormone therapy may still benefit high-risk patients.

The society says people under 50 are two-to-2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer than they were in previous generations.

Primary care physicians play an important role in supporting patients with chronic cancers.

New Health Canada publication also provides evidence-based information to assist healthcare professionals in discussing cannabis use with patients.

In oncology, we routinely assess whether patients are receiving adequate support for nausea, pain and sleep. We might also ask: How are they breathing?

‘We have the tools to make cervical cancer the first cancer ever eliminated in Canada. We have the medical expertise. We just need the political will,’ said Dr. Shannon Salvador, president of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology of Canada.