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At the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2015, Richard Henry, President Elect of the UKONS, and Teaching Fellow at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, explains the purpose of the UKONS, which includes promoting high standards in the nursing management and care of individuals affected by cancer. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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Natalie Doyle, MSc, RGN, Nurse Consultant at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, discusses the aims of the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS), which is run by cancer nurses for cancer nurses, and the UKONS Annual Conference 2015. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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At the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2015, Rihannon Skilton, Head of Support Line Services, Tenovus Cancer Care, Cardiff, Wales, discusses the impact of the Tenovus Cancer Care Sing with Us choirs, which are open to anyone affected by cancer, on those that participate. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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At the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2015, Natalie Doyle, MSc, RGN, Nurse Consultant at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, explains the potential benefits of lifestyle choices, including interventions on diet and physical activity, for cancer patients. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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At the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2015, Hilary Glen, MbChB, MSc, PhD, FRCP, of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK, reviews the scientific and societal challenges of drug development for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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Press brief by Mark C. Walters, MD, at the American Socitety of Hematology (ASH) 2015 annual meeting. Dr Walters provides an update on the Northstar study of subjects treated with the LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product. Previously reported early results in subjects with ?-thalassemia major participating in the ongoing HGB-205 and HGB-204 (Northstar) studies suggest that transplantation with autologous CD34+ cells transduced with a replication-defective, self-inactivating LentiGlobin BB305 lentiviral vector containing an engineered ?A-T87Q?globin gene (LentiGlobin BB305 Drug Product) has a positive safety profile and leads to ?A-T87Qglobin production and can lead to transfusion independence.

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At the United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2015, Ali Hodge, Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Acute Oncology at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, discusses an audit of the modified UKONS telephone triage tool that has been implemented for the Acute Oncology Service at The Royal Marsden Hospital. European Medical Journal Website: http://emjreviews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMJReviews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emjreviews

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Join us for a provocative program format that includes point and counterpoint presentations and interactive case discussions to provide varied perspectives on new data, guideline changes, and expert recommendations in multiple myeloma. Interact with international experts as they debate clinical questions and discuss how these challenges affect therapeutic decisions faced by clinicians treating myeloma.

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Dr. Morie Gertz of the Mayo Clinic shares his overview of this year’s American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting. He talks about Dr. Brian Durie’s discussion of three-drug treatment providing longer overall survival in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients versus two-drug treatment. He also discusses the recent advances in oral agents to treat multiple myeloma.

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Dr. Sagar Lonial of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, speaks from the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) national conference this weekend. In this video, Dr. Lonial discusses the excitement at ASH about two-drug versus three-drug treatment approaches in newly diagnosed myeloma patients.

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