ONS Connect - December 2008 - (Page 5) iNSiDE 10 Cutting Edge Yet Close to Home up fRONT ONS members discuss how cancer research is being conducted in their communities. AlSO iN THiS iSSuE EDiTOR’S NOTE Encourage your patients to participate in research. 7 8 JuST iN News from the oncology field 16How Has Research and Practice? in Your Community Benefitted Your Patients YOu TEll uS ONS members share what has worked for them. 20 wEB CONNECT Online resources for community clinical trials CApiTOl CONNECTiON Inaugural ONS Capitol Gang lobby day 21 18Manage Cardiac Side Effects of Cancer Treatment 25 Translational Research A ClOSER lOOk fivE-MiNuTE iN-SERviCE 22 NOTiCE NuRSiNG NOw Use your voice to appeal for cancer research funding. CAREGivER CARE Take the stress out of the holiday season. Which drugs are known to cause cardiotoxicity, and what is the nurse’s role in managing this common side effect? 23 29 CAlENDAR Of EvENTS ONS programs and deadlines for winter Find out how what’s learned at the bench gets to the bedside. 30 MEET THE lEADERSHip Anne Ireland, ONS Steering Council member wORkiNG fOR YOu ONS offers support for community research. 27 Deciphering Telomerase Structure Raises Hope for New Cancer Treatments NEw TREATMENTS, NEw HOpE The structure of an enzyme important to cancer cell development may be the key to new types of treatment. 31 33 STAYiNG ON TOp Reshape your job to prevent burnout. Visit www.ONSConnect.org to view this issue’s Board Briefs. ONS Connect is indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature®, MEDLINE®, and the International Nursing Index. The Oncology Nursing Society and the ONS Connect Editorial Board do not assume responsibility for the opinions expressed by authors. Editorials represent the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Oncology Nursing Society. Acceptance of advertising or corporate support does not indicate or imply endorsement by ONS Connect or the Oncology Nursing Society. Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by ONS Connect or the Oncology Nursing Society. Web sites published in ONS Connect are provided for information only; the hosts are responsible for their own content and availability. Postage Privileges: Periodical rates paid at Pittsburgh, PA, and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to ONS Connect, Oncology Nursing Society, 125 Enterprise Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214 USA. Published monthly by the Oncology Nursing Society, P.O. Box 3510, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3510 USA. Yearly subscription rates are $29.99 for individual nonmembers and $39.99 for institutions. As part of ONS membership dues, $5 are for a one-year subscription to ONS Connect. Vol. 23, No. 12. ISSN: 1935-1623. Copyright © 2008 by the Oncology Nursing Society. Blanket permission for copying any material in ONS Connect is granted to ONS members. Printed on 10% postconsumer recycled paper. Please recycle this publication. December 2008 ONS CONNECT 5 http://www.ONSConnect.org
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