{"podcast":{"title":"The ONS Podcast","slug":"the-ons-podcast-1126448","podcast_index_feed_id":1126448,"rss_url":"https://onsvoice.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://onsvoice.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/4/9/b/a49b61aa05d5c66416c3140a3186d450/PodcastRevampFinal.jpg","author":"Oncology Nursing Society","episode_count":423,"summary":"Where ONS Voices Talk Cancer Join oncology nurses on the Oncology Nursing Society's award-winning podcast as they sit down to discuss the topics important to nursing practice and treating patients with cancer. ISSN 2998-2308","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T16:20:50.610700+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ons-podcast-1126448"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 402: Radiation Site-Specific Side Effects: Head and Neck Cancer","slug":"episode-402-radiation-site-specific-side-effects-head-and-neck-cancer","published_at":"2026-02-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ons-podcast-1126448/episode-402-radiation-site-specific-side-effects-head-and-neck-cancer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ons-podcast-1126448","url":"https://onsvoice.libsyn.com/episode-402-radiation-site-specific-side-effects-head-and-neck-cancer","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/onsvoice/ONSP_402.mp3?dest-id=557038","summary":"\"It's important to clarify that most patients will experience and at least some side effects—and often several. So prevention really means reducing severity, complications, and long-term impact rather than avoiding side effects altogether. This process starts before radiation begins and continues throughout the treatment and includes dental evaluation, baseline swallowing assessments, and thorough patient education,\" ONS member Astrid Amoresano, RN, OCN ® , lead oncology nurse specialist at New York Proton Center in New York, NY, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS ® , manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS, during a conversation about side effects of radiation for head and neck cancer. Music Credit: \" Fireflies and Stardust \" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at courses.ons.org by February 13, 2027. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Learning outcome: Learners will report an increase in knowledge related to radiation side effects in people with head and neck cancer. Episode Notes Complete this evaluation for free NCPD . ONS Podcast ™ episodes: Cancer Symptom Management Basics series Episode 301: Radiation Oncology: Side Effect and Care Coordination Best Practices Episode 128: Manage Treatment-Related Radiodermatitis With ONS Guidelines™ ONS Voice articles: Highly Localized, Precision Radiation Therapies Require Nurses to Drive Care Coordination, P…","meta_description":"\"It's important to clarify that most patients will experience and at least some side effects—and often several. So prevention really means reducing severi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1524,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ons-podcast-1126448/episodes/episode-402-radiation-site-specific-side-effects-head-and-neck-cancer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ons-podcast-1126448/episode-402-radiation-site-specific-side-effects-head-and-neck-cancer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}