Impact of Race and Area Deprivation on Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Outcomes.

Objectives: To describe area deprivation, anxiety, depression, relative dose intensity of first-line metastatic breast cancer (MBC) treatment, and survival in Black and White women who had died from triple-negative MBC, including interaction analysis.

Sample & Setting: This cohort study drew from a database of women who had died from MBC (N = 53).

Methods & Variables: Descriptive statistics, independent t tests, analysis of variance, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used, and effect sizes were calculated.

Productivity Measures: Empowering Oncology Nurse Practitioners to Understand and Demonstrate Value in Practice.

Oncology nurse practitioners (ONPs) are essential providers of oncology care who work in a variety of practice settings. ONPs add to productivity in practice, but the way in which productivity is measured may not capture their full contributions and value. A greater understanding of productivity measures can empower ONPs to communicate and demonstrate their full value in practice.

Managing patients with high-risk breast lesions, precursors on the breast neoplasia pathway.

Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women. Imaging abnormalities may be noted on routine breast cancer screenings and require biopsy for further evaluation. Atypia and carcinoma in situ are nonmalignant lesions identified via breast biopsy and are associated with an increased risk of invasive carcinoma.

π donation and its effects on the excited-state lifetimes of luminescent platinum(II) terpyridine complexes in solution.

Introducing electron-donating groups extends the excited-state lifetimes of platinum(II)-terpyridine complexes in fluid solution. Such systems are of interest for a variety of applications, viz., as DNA-binding agents or as components in luminescence-based devices, especially sensors.