February 2013 - 21 articles
Canada is a pioneer in remote cancer care delivery to underserved populations; however, it is trailing behind on policies that would support clinicians in providing care using distance technologies. The current policy framework is disjointed, and dis...
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to assess whether current cancer follow-up care practices meet the needs of young adult cancer survivors in Canada. Methods: This qualitative study used a constructivist grounded theory framework to analy...
Background: Nab-paclitaxel is a solvent-free, taxane-based chemotherapy approved for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer (mbc). This study reports clinical benefit and toxicities experienced by women with mbc treated with nab-paclitaxel at the...
Background: Adjuvant chemotherapy (act) for non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) is associated with improved survival in the general population, but may be underutilized. We explored the factors associated with referral to medical oncology and subseque...
Background: Professional-led cancer support groups can improve quality of life and address unmet needs, but most Canadians affected by cancer do not have access to or do not make use of cancer support groups. A collaborative interdisciplinary team de...
Approximately 22,700 Canadian women were expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. Despite improvements in screening and adjuvant treatment options, a substantial number of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive (hr+) breast c...
As part of its System Performance initiative, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer released Breast Cancer Control in Canada: A System Performance Special Focus Report in September 2012, presenting a broad range of system performance indicators tha...
As cancer survivorship increases, there is a need for additional and more complex rehabilitation services. The Partners in Cancer Rehabilitation Research group held a 3-day invitational working meeting aimed at defining the state of the science in ca...
As Current Oncology approaches its 20th year of publication, the time is right to share with our readers a brief history of its humble beginnings. [...]
Public interest in the link between the environment and breast cancer has waxed in recent months. [...]
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