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<p>This article explores the development and introduction of the advanced practitioner role in a breast unit, including the competencies and skills identified as essential
<p>Women undergoing surgery and/or radiotherapy for treatment of gynaecological cancers are at risk of developing lower limb lymphoedema.
<p>This article describes a countywide event to raise awareness among healthcare professionals of the sexual problems experienced by cancer and palliative care patients.
<p>The Cancer Reform Strategy (Department of Health 2007) states that ‘commissioners and providers should ensure that the critical roles of clinical nurse specialists (CNS
<p>Aim The aim of this study was to explore the information and support needs of older women with breast cancer, and to investigate the types of support they accessed to i
Childhood cancer causes severe disruption to the lives of the child and family affected.
<p>Aim To determine the experiences of patients who had undergone a two-year period of follow-up computerised tomography (CT) scans to monitor solitary pulmonary nodules.&
<p>Aim The aim of this study was to involve ward-based band 6 oncology nurses with the research process and subsequently explore their role and clinical working practices.
<p>Aim The aim of this study was to determine if patients who had undergone treatment and their carers perceived benefits from taking part in an art project facilitated by
<p>Aim The aim of this study was to explore the approval and funding of new cancer treatments by the NHS and the perspectives of people involved in the process, using the
<p>A joint clinic run by a nurse and a dietician was established to follow up patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancer.
<p>Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody, is standard therapy in the treatment of patients with CD20 positive B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
<p>When primary breast cancer is diagnosed, judging the level of information to provide to patients about cancer spread is difficult, but women need information to aid their understanding of the rationale behind treatment.
<p>Clear communication is important in consultations between patients and health professionals, and it benefits parties in multiple ways.
<p>There is a wealth of literature concerning the psychological care of patients with cancer but little regarding its delivery and implementation.
<p>Until relatively recently, scant attention has been paid to life after cancer treatment in the healthcare system.
<p>In today’s healthcare system there is much controversy regarding the role and value of clinical nurse specialists. This article describes a mixed-method approach to the workload of lung cancer clinical nurse specialists (CNSs), and translates this into financial value.
<p>In Western countries, lymphoedema develops most commonly as a result of cancer treatment. As the risk of developing lymphoedema in these circumstances is lifelong, adaptive behaviours are necessary for the duration of a patient’s life.
