Annual NCONN Conference

Michael L. Krychman, MD, Executive Director of the Southern California Center for Sexual Health and Survivorship Medicine, discusses managing and treating sexual health concerns in cancer patients and survivors.

Karen Masino, from Ingalls Memorial Hospital, discusses the intricacies of developing a survivorship program.

Rajni Kannan discusses the importance patient education or managing the side effects associated ipilimumab and vemurafenib in metastatic melanoma.

Photos from the 2012 National Coalition of Oncology Nurse Navigators' (NCONN) annual conference that was held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel from October 4th to 6th, in Nashville, Tennessee.

The incidence of melanoma, the deadliest of all skin cancers, is quickly rising, and the disease is responsible for more than 8000 deaths each year.

Facilities seeking Commission on Cancer accreditation now need to have a patient navigation process in place by 2015.

Updates on breast cancer risk factors, screening methods, and treatments for the nurse navigators who are guiding patients from diagnosis to treatment and, hopefully, through survivorship.

Cristi Radford, a Certified Genetic Counselor, explains the multifaceted role that oncology nurse navigators play in the genetic counseling process.

OncLive presents live coverage from the 2012 NCONN Changing the Face of Cancer Care Conference, held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel from October 4th to 6th, in Nashville, TN.