Palliative Care, Nurse Navigator, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Westwood, KS Within the oncology world, there is a new controversy thick in the air—“Ringing of the bell.” Historically, when a patient with cancer finishes his or her chemotherapy and/or radiation, the patient has earned the honors of “ringing the bell.” This is a rite of passage and a statement that the patient has completed the chemotherapy, and/or radiation, and has kicked cancer’s butt.
