Oncologist In My Pocket

29/10/2023

Our next workshop will take place March 20 2024, at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Annual Assembly, as a pre-conference workshop. Register for the Assembly now and join us to get in the brains of oncologists & learn the basics needed to provide upstream palliative care for people with cancer https://aahpm.org/assembly/reg-info Kristina Braine Newport Shanthi Sivendran

Registration Information Registration for the 2024 Annual Assembly is now open! The 2024 Annual Assembly will be presented as a modified hybrid event with combined live-streaming and in-person experiences, and on-demand access of recorded content through July 1, 2024. Become a member of AAHPM or a...

20/12/2022

Register now for our in person or virtual event, Friday May 12th in Philadelphia.

Penn Medicine, Oncologist In My Pocket, 5/12/2023 7:45:00 AM - 5/12/2023 1:00:00 PM, Care of adult patients with hematologic or oncologic malignancies is increasingly complex. Hospice and palliative care clinicians are asked to care for them earlier in the course of care, based on evidence that e...

17/11/2022

We are excited to announce our next workshop! Join us in person or virtually on Friday, May 12 2023

Penn Medicine, Oncologist In My Pocket, 5/12/2023 7:45:00 AM - 5/12/2023 1:00:00 PM, Care of adult patients with hematologic or oncologic malignancies is increasingly complex. Hospice and palliative care clinicians are asked to care for them earlier in the course of care, based on evidence that e...

19/05/2021

Shanthi Sivendran and team describe the implementation of a patient centered Treatment Plan for people with in three unique institutions

Participation in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) value-based payment reform, the Oncology Care Model (OCM), requires that every beneficiary has a documented 13-point Institute of Medicine treatment plan (TP) when commencing antineoplastic therapy. The intent is to enhance shar …

19/04/2021

Acute illness hospitalization is a sentinel event in Stage IV cancer https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33096216/ Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Acute illness hospitalization is a sentinel event in Stage IV cancer. Short-term mortality is high; nutritional decline increases risk. For patients with Stage IV cancer, acute illness hospitalization should trigger goals of care discussions.

17/04/2021

People with advanced cancer who worry about dying are more likely to desire life-extending treatment & less likely to engage in ACP Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Patients with advanced cancer often worry about dying. Less is known about the role of worry in decision making regarding future care.

07/03/2021

People with cancer are asking if they should get a coronavirus vaccine. Dr. Steven Pergam of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discusses recommendations on coronavirus vaccination for people being treated for cancer their caregivers, and cancer survivors.

20/01/2021

Oncologist in my pocket faculty member, Kristina Braine Newport joined Surgery researcher Chan Shen to evaluate the use of opioids in people with metastatic breast cancer. Read more about it here: https://pennstatehealthnews.org/topics/opioid-use-metastatic-breast-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR1-q5OFKwl8FWIZmrpNI8kxrJ-L3aYs5RIjwsTVVmlwUVY0TfUvdfrHIl0

Some metastatic breast cancer patients are taking smaller doses of opioid prescriptions over decreased amounts of time, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute researchers. They say the results indicate that clinicians may be more aware of the negative impacts of....

20/01/2021

Join us for our Virtual Workshop, Friday April 9th. Register here: https://ce.med.psu.edu/palliative-oncology/

Oncologist in my Pocket: What the Palliative Clinician Needs to Know about Hematology/Oncology and Radiation Oncology is a continuing education program of Penn State College of Medicine taking place April 9, 2021, in Hershey, Pa.

25/08/2020

Interested in the impact of COVID on cancer care? https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.20.01307

PURPOSE Coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) mortality is higher in patients with cancer than in the general population, yet the cancer-associated risk factors for COVID-19 adverse outcomes are not fully characterized. PATIENTS AND METHODS We reviewed clinical characteristics and outcomes from patients with....

28/03/2020

Including the Oncologist in Palliative Oncology by Faculty members Shanthi Sivendran Kristina Braine Newport

07/03/2020

Thanks to Suncoast Hospice for including in your Annual . We are impressed by your program delivering and care in your beautiful Gulf Coast Community! Kristina Braine Newport

28/02/2020

08/02/2020

Faculty Member Shanthi Sivendran, highlighted in Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health February Progress notes:

The Division Chief of Hematology & Oncology discusses her time as an EMT, the department’s current priorities and why she loves to throw parties.