Challenges and Explorations in Cancer Survivorship Research (NIH-Only) |
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| Air date: | Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 8:00:00 AM |
| Category: | NCI CCR Grand Rounds (NIH Only) |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| NLM Title: | Challenges and explorations in cancer survivorship research [electronic resource] / Karen Dow Meneses. |
| Series: | CCR grand rounds |
| Author: | Meneses, Karen Dow. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) |
| Publisher: | [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2008] |
| Other Title(s): | CCR grand rounds |
| Abstract: | (CIT): Center for Cancer Research - National Cancer Institute Grand Rounds Oncology Nursing Lecture Dr. Meneses is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Nursing at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), and Senior Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. She received her doctorate and master's degree in nursing from Boston College and her baccalaureate degree in nursing from Georgetown University. Dr. Meneses has over 30 years of experience in the care of patients with cancer. She has devoted her program of research into improving the quality of life of cancer survivors. She is currently funded by the National Cancer Institute for her research "Rural Breast Cancer Survivor Intervention." Dr. Meneses has written over 100 publications on topics related to breast cancer, quality of life, survivorship, fertility issues, cancer disparities, radiation oncology, and the application of technologies in cancer education. She is the editor of three textbooks: Nursing Care of Women with Cancer, Contemporary Issues in Breast Cancer, and Nursing Care in Radiation Oncology. Dr. Meneses is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, Sigma Theta Tau International, and is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. In 2006, Dr. Meneses was appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB). The primary educational objective of these seminars is to provide new information, ideas, and discussion about timely areas of research with impact on the field of oncology. A secondary educational objective is to elicit participation by individuals from all divisions of the intramural NCI, and thus facilitate more interactions among investigators and groups in the NCI. |
| Subjects: | Biomedical Research Neoplasms Survivors |
| Publication Types: | Government Publications Lectures |
| NLM Classification: | QZ 206 |
| NLM ID: | 101473084 |
| CIT File ID: | 14429 |
| CIT Live ID: | 6682 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?14429 |