ONS member Deena Dell, MSN, APRN, AOCN®, nursing professional development specialist in oncology at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute in Florida, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the history of surgical oncology, how it has evolved in recent years, and what we can expect in the future of the specialty.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

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Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 66: Updates in Surgical Oncology—ONS Congress
ONS Voice article: Mortality Rates After Cancer Surgery Decrease, but Racial Disparities Remain
ONS Voice article: Under the Knife: Supporting Patients’ Needs Throughout Surgical Oncology Care
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Surgical Oncology: Evolution of Postoperative Fatigue and Factors Related to Its Severity
ONS book: Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing (sixth edition)
ONS book: Surgical Oncology Nursing
ONS course: Cancer Basics
American Cancer Society guide to cancer surgery
American College of Surgeons resources on cancer
American Society of Clinical Oncology journal articles on cancer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines
National Institutes of Health surgical oncology team

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Episode 185: Surgical Oncology: Where We’ve Come and Where We’re Going