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Benefits of denosumab in treating bone metastases

08 November 2012

Cancer Nursing Practice

A&S Science

This article discusses normal bone remodelling and explains how this changes when cancer cells invade the bone. Denosumab is a new agent for the treatment of bone...

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

01 June 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & science

Aim To compare the ready-to-use and vial formulations of zoledronic acid in terms of the time taken to prepare, check and administer the infusion in nurse-led...

Managing pain in advanced cancer settings: an expert guidance and conversation tool

07 December 2017

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

The Managing Advanced Cancer Pain Together (MACPT) group is a team of European experts in pain management who recognise that, despite the great advances in cancer...

Managing patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases

08 October 2015

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

The liver is the most common site for colorectal cancer metastases. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice with encouraging five-year survival rates of...

Cancer-induced bone disease

09 January 2013

Nursing Standard

CPD

A diagnosis of bone metastases may be devastating for patients with cancer because it suggests that the cancer is incurable and that patients are at increased risk...