Nathalie Levasseur on Fatigue and Exercise in Patients with Breast Cancer
Nathalie Levasseur, MD, from University of Ottawa, discusses encouraging patients with breast cancer to exercise.
Fatigue during treatment is a reality and that can affect a person’s motivation for exercise. For postmenopausal women, there are additional physiological changes. Levasseur suggests patients start small with exercise, and then increase activity gradually. This is a difficult area for oncology practitioners as well, because of a lack of evidence to guide them.
Workflow, Educational Tools Improve Use of Silicone Film to Prevent Radiation Dermatitis
April 25th 2024Tools to educate oncology nurses and patients on the use of Mepitel film to prevent radiation dermatitis has improved the workflow around its introduction to patients with breast cancer, as well as its application and maintenance.
