email article Two late-breaking studies presented at the Oncology Nursing Society virtual annual meeting tackled an issue common to many cancer survivors -- poor sleep. In the first, researchers found that almost two-thirds of patients with gastrointestinal cancers who received chemotherapy had high levels of sleep disturbance, and that these patients were more likely to be younger, unmarried or unpartnered, have a higher comorbidity burden, and less likely to be physically active. The study, led by Yufen Lin, MSN, RN, of Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina, was part of a prospective longitudinal study of gastrointestinal cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Participants included 405 patients from two comprehensive cancer centers, one VA hospital, and four community-based oncology programs.