Category Archives: Cancer

New e-edition newsletter delivers Cancer Center research information quarterly

May 29th, 2012 - 2:58 pm

Forefront is a complimentary magazine from the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center located in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. The Cancer Center specializes in translational research and the effort to discover better ways to prevent, detect … Continue reading →

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A nurse practitioner-directed intervention improves the quality of life of patients with metastatic cancer

May 23rd, 2012 - 1:23 pm

Gerardo Colon-Otero, M.D., with the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Mayo Clinic in Florida, discusses results of a randomized pilot study that show that an intervention that explains the benefits of hospice and addresses advanced directives early in the course of … Continue reading →

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