Face to face

A review of the role of the lung cancer nurse specialist

John McPhelim, Diana Borthwick, Lynn Irvine, Penny Downer, Julie Mencnarowski, Elizabeth Steven

The role of the nurse in palliative care settings in a global context

Sheila Payne, Christine Ingleton, Anita Sargeant, Jane Seymour

Delivery of chemotherapy at planned dose and on time

Annie Young, Maggie Crowe, Elaine Lennan, Helen Roe, Sue Sharp, Cheryl Vidall, Tariq White

Increasing awareness of prostate cancer

Carol Davis

Laparoscopic debulking of lymph nodes in cervical cancer

Dion Smyth

Association between symptoms and time to death in palliative care

Dion Smyth

Body mass index has no bearing on prostate cancer outcome

Dion Smyth

Noticeboard

Diary

Consider other options

Craig Scharf

Breast cancer haven at home

Jan Morrison

Our Mom Is Getting Better

Christiane Banton

National lottery

Liz Darlison

Calcium consumption may have a protective effect against cancer

Sue Acreman

Breast cancer mortality falls to all-time low

Karen Wingfield

Charity wins people’s choice award at chelsea

Lung cancer nurse specialists see only 30 per cent of patients, audit finds

Childhood survivors are at higher risk of a second primary disease

Macmillan gets £1.6m to improve support and extend clinician training

News in brief

It’s a tough balancing act

Carole Farrell