Cancer Nurses Face New Stresses, Increasingly Critical Role

Cancer Nurses Face New Stresses, Increasingly Critical Role
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In the world of cancer care, there's much to celebrate. In the last two years, the FDA has approved dozens of new treatments. The vast majority of those drugs are targeted therapies — the kind that require particularly complex medical care. At the core of that care is the oncology nurse.

The job of the nurse in cancer care is now even more demanding — and in the next few years, that pressure could be compounded by a shortage of oncologists.



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