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A step in the right direction

01 September 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Editorial

If you were asked to list the most common cancers, it is likely that you would cite breast, prostate, colorectal and lung disease. Oncology professionals will be...

Deciding when to say no more

08 May 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Opinion

MOST NURSES will have heard of Kate Granger (pictured). She was diagnosed with terminal cancer aged 29 and chose to have palliative chemotherapy to prolong her life....

Cancer nursing practice: a textbook for the specialist nurse

01 June 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

THIS BOOK was written ten years ago in the honeymoon period of clinical nurse specialists (CnSs). It is timely to highlight its existence as cuts have threatened...

Cancer and Cancer Care

10 June 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

AT LAST, the comprehensive cancer textbook that healthcare professionals have been waiting for. It is a terrific overview of all cancer-related topics from cell...

Viewpoint

01 May 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Opinion

Prostate cancer is different from many cancers. There are problems with overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Radical treatments for many cancers that were never destined...

Let’s raise political awareness

01 October 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Letter

As I get older, i find myself climbing on an increasing number of soapboxes. My current concern is about the lack of political awareness among nursing colleagues

So far, so good

04 November 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Opinion

Nurse-led clinics are a subject close to my heart; they make perfect sense for so many reasons (page 29).

Cynicism overturned

01 July 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Letter

I write to add my thoughts on the Jade Goody debate (Letters, April 2009). I think this is a fascinating subject and would be keen to know the thoughts of other...

Let’s try to put things right

10 May 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Letter

Nursing care of older people in hospital was criticised in the recent health service ombudsman’s report and the tabloids had a field day. What has happened?

The power of ten

01 October 2012

Cancer Nursing Practice

Book Review

THE AUTHORS asked prominent nursing leaders about the issues that taxed them the most. From the answers, they produced a list of the ten most pressing issues facing...