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<p>Cancer and its treatment can give rise to enduring nutritional problems for patients, presenting challenges to nurses and other health professionals.
<p>This article explores the phenomenon of ‘waiting’.
<p>The South East London Cancer Network Rotation Project established a rotation programme to provide nurses in cancer and palliative care with training across a range of a
<p>An evening clinic for urological follow-up appointments was led by a nurse consultant at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in order to: meet national wai
<p>The NHS Cancer Plan highlights the need to improve and advance cancer services in the community (Department of Health (DH) 2000).
<p>This article describes a study designed to assess the effectiveness of a new approach to reviewing patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer.
<p>A ‘good death’ is a multi-faceted phenomenon whose strands may be difficult to untangle.
<p>This article explores the literature on hand-foot syndrome (HFS), a potentially painful side effect of chemotherapy that can have a serious negative effect on quality o
<p>Even though the number of women affected by breast cancer continues to rise worldwide, aetiology remains unclear.
<p>Care of people who require specialist palliative care demands a range of specialist skills from various people.
<p>Recruiting patients into clinical trials is a lengthy and specialised process that requires prerequisite skills as a researcher, as well as to a professional duty of ca
<p>Often individuals with cancer attend outpatient clinics for follow-up care.
<p>Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the red bone marrow and despite modern treatments, such as high dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplants, it remains incurable with a median survival of between three to four years (Hoffbrand et al 2001, Bradwell 2003).
<p>Recent years have seen a move away from a hierarchical and paternalistic relationship between health professionals and patients towards one that respects autonomy, personal expertise and the contribution that users can make to service development.
<p>For women who have oestrogen and/or progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer, hormone treatment may be the longest continuous treatment they receive for their disease.
<p>This survey was carried out as part of an on going audit of women’s satisfaction with aspects of the breast screening service. Experience of breast screening is complex and affects both clients and their families.
<p>Leadership is central to the delivery and continuous improvement of cancer services.
<p>It is an essential part of the clinical nurse specialist’s role to ensure that each individual is assessed to establish how much information should be provided and when.
