December Awareness
Posted over 1 year ago in Cancer Awareness
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Happy December and happy holiday season Oncology Navigators! This month's awareness and events are listed below.
Cancer Screen Week
The first full week in December (5-9) is Cancer Screen Week.
- Take time to promote cancer screening recommendations
- Get the details at www.cancerscreenweek.org/mission.html
- Print screening test handouts for patients from American Cancer Society
Holidays and Cancer
The holidays can be a difficult time for someone with cancer. See the resources for tips and links listed below. Here are also a few resources for gifts for the patient with cancer: www.self.com/gallery/gifts-for-someone-going-through-chemotherapy and https://www.pancan.org/news/10-holiday-gift-ideas-for-cancer-patients/
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10 Holiday Resources for Patients
- Caregiving During the Holidays (CancerCare)
- Distress in Cancer Patients during the Holiday Season
- Healthy eating during the holidays when you or a loved one have cancer (Texas Oncology)
- Texas Oncology Holiday Series - see attached flyer
Upcoming Educational Events
- Cancer Support Community North Texas Calendar is attached.
- Annual Cowtown Oncology Symposium, Ft. Worth, Texas, March 10-11, 2023
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NCCN 2023 Nursing Program: Advancing Oncology Nursing™, Orlando, FL and Virtual Attendance,
March 30, 2023 - NCCN 2023 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL and Virtual Attendance, March 31 - April 2, 2023
- Oncology Nurse Advisor Summit, Live virtual event, March 17-19, 2023
- ONS Congress, San Antonio, TX, April 26-30, 2023
- AONN+ Mid-Year Conference, Orlando, FL, May 17-21, 2023