Background: Among patients undergoing breast reconstruction, preoperative expectations for improvement may not match postoperative results. Discordance between provided preoperative information and what patients actually hear and understand may be a factor contributing to these unrealistic...

Background: Opioids are commonly prescribed to manage cancer pain. Similar to the general population, patients with cancer are not excluded from the risk for opioid misuse and dependence. This situation can contribute to clinician reluctance to prescribe and manage pain using opioids. Objectives:...

Background: The administration of granulocyte–colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) has proven to be essential in increasing the body’s immune system following treatment with chemotherapy; however, many patients have reported varying levels of acute bone pain after receiving G-CSFs. Objectives: The...

Hematologic B-cell malignancies, which have varying behavior patterns, disease processes, and treatment responses, include non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemias, and myeloma. Although monoclonal antibodies and other agents have led to dramatic advances in the treatment of B-cell malignancies, the...