Supportive Oncology & Symptom Management Archives

Operationalizing Early Palliative Care: Systems, Codes, and Metrics for Oncology Success

Post category:Pan Cancer Supportive Oncology Survivorship
Reading time:5 mins read

You know palliative care isn’t an end-of-life intervention. It’s a proactive, evidence-based system that extends survival, preserves dose intensity, and minimizes avoidable treatment disruptions. So, here's the real question: How…

The Immunotherapy Clock Has Moved

Post category:Breast Cancer Genitourinary (Prostate, Bladder) System Head & Neck Cancers Pan Cancer Respiratory (Lung, Bronchus) System Supportive Oncology Survivorship
Reading time:3 mins read

Checkpoint inhibitors are no longer reserved for late-stage salvage. The clearest signal from recent meetings and trials is this: the greatest survival benefit may be increasingly found in neoadjuvant and perioperative settings. This…

The Fatigue We Still Don’t Treat Seriously Enough

Post category:Pan Cancer Supportive Oncology Survivorship
Reading time:4 mins read

We escalate for dyspnea. We act on chest pain. But fatigue - the kind that erodes function, adherence, and dignity - is still routinely noted, not treated. That’s no longer…

Time to Treat Exercise Like a Therapy?

Post category:Digestive (CRC, Stomach) System Supportive Oncology Survivorship
Reading time:4 mins read

How often are you asked, “Is there anything else I can do to keep my cancer from coming back?” For the first time, Phase III evidence says yes. The CHALLENGE trial (CCTG…