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Assessment and management of malnutrition in patients with lung cancer

10 October 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

Malnutrition is common in patients with cancer and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Many patients with lung cancer have multiple disease-related...

Guidance on managing patients receiving erlotinib therapy

04 November 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

General

Five UK lung cancer nurse specialists met to arrive at a consensus on optimal follow-up and management strategies for patients with non-small cell lung cancer taking...

Managing toxicities in patients on ceritinib therapy

12 December 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

The management of patients on therapies is an important part of the lung cancer nurse specialist role. This article focuses on the use of ceritinib in patients with...

An overview of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer

12 December 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

This article provides an overview of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer and the types of molecular tests carried out to diagnose the disease. Lung cancer nurse...

Helping patients adhere to ceritinib therapy

12 December 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

The previous articles in this supplement have outlined the role of the lung cancer nurse specialist in delivering high quality care for patients with advanced...

Introduction

12 December 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer mortality in the UK, accounting for more than one in five cancer deaths (Cancer Research UK 2016). Within that number,...

Development and implementation of nursing grand rounds in a cancer centre

10 June 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article describes the process of developing and implementing nursing grand rounds to support clinical learning in a regional cancer centre. Grand rounds are...

Identifying research priorities for nurse specialists in lung cancer care

01 November 2007

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Research into lung cancer undertaken by nurses in clinical practice is limited. This paper reports the findings of a survey of opinion leaders to identify the...

A review of the role of the lung cancer nurse specialist

05 June 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

Nurses in the Scottish lung cancer clinical nurse specialist group benchmarked their activities and examined the key roles of the lung cancer nurse. Twenty six...