COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers – April 2020

April 2020 - May 2020

Treatment Considerations for Cancer Patients
Topics included:

What cancer patients need to know about the coronavirus

What caregivers can do to help if they do not live with that person and are social distancing

What precautions should cancer patients take when continuing to receive treatment?

Didactic Presenters: Rachel Cannady, Theresa Franco, MSN, RN

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COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers - 4-29-2020 - Recording
Awareness of, Preventing, and Reducing Risk
Topics included:

Lowering the risk of illness

Why cancer patients are more likely to get infections

Watching for and preventing infections in people with cancer

Nurturing your emotional health

Didactic Presenters: Allison Applebaum, PhD, Theresa Franco, MSN, RN

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COVID-19 and Cancer ECHO for Cancer Caregivers - 5-6-2020 - Recording

Our Experts

Allison Applebaum, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Attending Psychologist
Director, Caregivers Clinic

Rachel Cannady

Strategic Director, Cancer Caregiver Support

Theresa Franco, MSN, RN

Nebraska Medicine
Vice President – Clinical Operations

J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD

Former Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Dawn Wiatrek, PhD

Former Strategic Director, Cancer Treatment Access