It’s all about the patients

Ruth Williams

A tool to measure psychological distress during chemotherapy

Shirley Child, Joanne McVey, Alexander Brooks

Implications of genetic screening for the risk of breast cancer

Karen Bailey

How a focus on outcomes can help gauge quality

Peter Griffiths, Jo Armes

Managing patients With metastatic spinal cord compression

Nicola James, David Brooks

Diagnosis and treatment of choroidal melanoma

Carol L Cox, Helen Gibbons, Patricia Evans, Jasmine Thombs

Correct sampling method can cut post-operative breast problems

Dion Smyth

Patients’ self-reported symptoms include sadness and fatigue

Black men’s prostate cancer rates top those of other male groups

Dion Smyth

Noticeboard

Diary

The D word: talking about dying

Isabel Dosser

Becoming a Nurse

Nicola James

Ambition to live well

Roger Wilson

Valuable contribution from diverse settings

Lynn Adams

Drugs fund proposal still lacks crucial detail

Lynne Pearce

Health agency issues new advice on skin tumour management

Call to improve staff knowledge about breakthrough pain

Nurses are equally skilled as consultants in diagnosing lesions

This is fascinating, mummy, but what does it do?

Care co-ordinated by clinical specialists reduces costs

Sophie Blakemore

News in brief

Anatomy in the frame

The right tools for the job

Carole Farrell