Tag Archives: Cancer and neoplasms

A recent study published in Patient Education and Counseling demonstrated that health care providers (HCPs) who show more empathy promote better psychological health among patients with breast cancer. Further, the research shows that HCPs who discuss uncertainties and concerns with patients is essential to their healing and recovery. Using online surveys, the investigators assessed both patients […]

In older adults in the United States, food insecurity was associated with an increased risk of dementia, poorer memory function, and faster memory decline, according to results of a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study authors stated that future studies are necessary to determine how to address food insecurity and the effects on […]

Pharmacy Times interviewed Kirollos Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACC, director of pharmacy at Minnesota Oncology, assistant professor of pharmacy at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and editorial advisory board member for Pharmacy Times Oncology Edition™, on the role of the oncology pharmacist on the patient care team. Hanna discussed the multifaceted involvement of oncology […]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Foundation Medicine, Inc., today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Sequanta Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Sequanta”) to provide genomic profiling services to support clinical research and the development of oncology therapies in China. Foundation Medicine has a long-standing partnership with Sequanta as its in-house laboratory in China since 2014 […]