{"id":1074,"date":"2008-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-breast-cancer-treatment-tip-discuss-your-breast-cancer-options-with-a-nurse-navigator\/"},"modified":"2008-05-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T00:00:00","slug":"condition-breast-cancer-treatment-tip-discuss-your-breast-cancer-options-with-a-nurse-navigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-breast-cancer-treatment-tip-discuss-your-breast-cancer-options-with-a-nurse-navigator\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment Tip: Discuss Your Breast Cancer Options With a Nurse Navigator"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nurses can bridge the cancer treatment information gap.(AUSLOESER\/ZEFA\/CORBIS)You'll want to weigh your breast cancer treatment options<\/a> with a doctor or doctors whom you trust—but also consider talking to an oncology nurse. "Women should ask for an advanced oncology certified nurse (AOCN), who functions as a nurse navigator or nurse coordinator," recommends Robin M. Lally, PhD, a research assistant professor at the University at Buffalo School of Nursing and a former breast cancer clinical nurse specialist herself.<\/p>\n "They can help answer questions about surgery<\/a>, chemotherapy<\/a>, radiation therapy<\/a>—the whole course of treatment<\/a>—and help women understand what they are hearing from their surgeon and others, help with decision-making, and serve as an advocate and contact for them," explains Lally. "It's like having a friend in the system who knows how to manage everything."<\/p>\n More about treatment<\/p>\n\n