UKONS 2017 | Adapting acute oncology services to immunotherapy

An acute oncology service works to manage the unexpected care needs of patients with cancer. In this interview, recorded at the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2017 in Harrogate, UK, Nikki Hunter, of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, explains how the increasing number of cancer patients being treated with immunotherapy means that each cancer center may require an immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialist in the future. She highlights the need to understand the full side effect profile of immunotherapies and thus how to best treat the patient.