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Patients’ preferences for information during chemotherapy

08 December 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Aim To identify patients’ perceptions of information about prognosis and chemotherapy. Method A questionnaire survey was undertaken. Results A heterogeneous sample...

How a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer affects women’s sexuality

01 February 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Aim To explore the impact of gynaecological cancer on sexuality from the patient’s perspective. Method A qualitative descriptive design was used. Eight participants...

Rare histological types of invasive breast cancer

06 November 2009

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article summarises a number of rarer histological types of breast cancer and discusses whether histological definitions of breast cancer may be replaced by a...

Meeting the information needs of patients with chronic heart failure

12 December 2007

Nursing Standard

CPD

The number of people with chronic heart failure is increasing due to improved survival rates following myocardial infarction, as well as an ageing population. This...

Patients’ experiences of coping with nodal relapse of melanoma

08 July 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Aim To explore patients’ information and support needs when diagnosed with nodal relapse of melanoma, as well as their experiences of the changing nature of coping...

Information and psychosocial needs of families of patients with cancer in critical care units

08 July 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

A cancer diagnosis and treatment trajectory can have a significant effect not only on the patient but also on his or her family. Similarly, an admission to critical...

Understanding the endocrinopathies associated with the treatment of childhood cancer: part 1

07 October 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

This article explores endocrinopathies associated with late effects of treatments for childhood cancers. It is the first of two articles on the subject, the second...

Understanding the endocrinopathies associated with the treatment of childhood cancer: part 2

08 November 2016

Nursing Children and Young People

CPD

This is part 2 of an article exploring the endocrinopathies associated with cancer treatments, a growing area of care. More than 80% of all childhood cancers are...