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Caring for patients with gynaecological cancer and malignant fistula

01 March 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Malignant fistula formation is a rare but serious and distressing sequel of cancer and its treatment. Guidance on care and treatment of women with malignant fistulae...

Sexuality in gynaecological cancer patients

01 July 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Sex remains an important contributor to quality of life in many patients with chronic illness and their partners. Thus, addressing sexuality is the responsibility of...

A psycho-educational support group for women with ovarian cancer

01 November 2003

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

It has been suggested that group psychological support can have advantages over individual counselling for cancer patients, and that they prefer such groups to be...

Ovarian cancer: symptoms, treatment and long-term patient management

10 May 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

CPD

Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death among women. It has a poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates of 40 per cent. This article...

Developing a nurse-led holistic clinic and assessment pathway

02 October 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article explores the work undertaken by clinical nurse specialists in the Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network with a patient focus group. The purpose was to...

Reducing waiting times in diagnosing patients with endometrial cancer

01 November 2005

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

The NHS Cancer Plan (2000) is a five-year policy framework for improving cancer outcomes and patients’ experiences of cancer care in England. It contains a series of...

Quality in colposcopy

18 February 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article analyses the colposcopy service, which is a crucial part of the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP), to assess how quality is...

Ovarian cancer: symptoms, treatment and long-term patient management

01 May 2011

Primary Health Care

Continuing professional development

Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death among women. It has a poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates of 40 per cent. This article...

Ovarian cancer: symptoms, treatment and long-term patient management

06 September 2011

Primary Health Care

CPD

Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death among women. It has a poor prognosis, with five-year survival rates of 40 per cent. This article...

An overview of uterine fibroids

14 October 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Large numbers of women need gynaecological interventions for a range of problems associated with uterine fibroids. Women who are affected need clear information that...

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