People come first

Ruth Williams

Comparison of ready-to-use and vial infusions of zoledronic acid

Manjinder Bains, Martin Rees-Milton, Meryl Moremon, Inderjit Mandair

The causes of cancer

Paul Scotting, Penny Howard

Developing a nurse-led, day-case, abdominal paracentesis service

Steve Hill, Joanna Rachel Smalley, Hans-Ulrich Laasch

Journal scan

Dion Smyth

Noticeboard

Diary

Point of view - Genetics should be integral to the main curriculum

Richard Henry

The Cancer Survivors Club

Kimberly Bennett

Compact Clinical Guide to Cancer Pain Management

Suzanne Chapman

Advice emphasises importance of training in intravenous fluid control

Lisa Berry

Diligence needed to reduce teenage deaths, says report

Nick Triggle

Opticians offered help in detecting children’s cancer

Prevention guidance targets malnutrition in older people

Survival rate to rise as number of cases diagnosed increases

Leader with the lamp helps mark nurses’ role in society

Specialist calls for EU to standardise trials of new treatments

Quality leadership is needed to boost care, says think tank

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Designing value into services

Carole Farrell