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:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• 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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