Nurse practitioner Louise Lacroix joins Lymphoma Canada to present a Watch & Wait webinar where she will discuss the clinical evidence and applications for Watch & Wait, as well as some of the challenges faced by patients and coping tools.
Why are some lymphoma patients put on Watch & Wait?
Nurse practitioner Louise Lacroix joins Lymphoma Canada to present a Watch & Wait webinar where she will discuss the clinical evidence and applications for Watch & Wait, as well as some of the challenges faced by patients and coping tools.
Watch & Wait, also referred to as Watch & Worry, is a protocol used by physicians treating indolent or slow growing lymphomas. People who are well, who do not have widespread symptoms, and whose lymph nodes are not obviously enlarging rapidly or threatening an organ may be advised that regular monitoring is the recommended course of action. This monitoring continues until the illness changes and treatment is considered necessary.
“When my hematologist told me he wasn’t going to treat you right away, I thought he didn’t know what to do”, says Pierre Normandin, who is currently on Watch and Wait. “It felt as if my specialist didn’t want to do anything for me.”
This FREE webinar is open to the public. Webinar will be presented in french.
Date: August 15, 2016
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm EDST
