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Development of a mental health self-help guide for survivors

09 April 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

As more people are living with or beyond cancer, the unmet needs of patients have become more apparent. Survivors identify the time after completing treatment as one...

Project to improve care for people coping with changes in body image

10 March 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article presents findings from a project to improve supportive care for people who experience body image change(s) as a result of cancer and its treatment....

Survey evaluates quality of patient information at end of treatment

13 December 2011

Cancer Nursing Practice

Care

A patient experience survey was undertaken by the South West London Cancer Network in 2009. It involved all the acute trust providers and was carried out under the...

Patients’ perceptions of end of treatment consultations for breast cancer

12 May 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

This article presents results from a service evaluation exploring the effect of end of treatment consultations (EoTCs) for women with breast cancer. Of 94 women who...

Development and implementation of a service for patients with cancer of unknown primary

01 November 2013

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Metastatic cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a common, well-recognised yet heterogeneous clinical syndrome. Patients may be disadvantaged during their diagnostic...

Can case management improve cancer care?

10 March 2016

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

In 2012, Macmillan Cancer Support partnered with 15 NHS health providers in the UK to fund new ways of delivering supportive care to cancer patients in the...

Rewarding innovation and best practice in breast cancer care

11 March 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The Breast Cancer Care Nursing Network Awards recognise best practice in specialist breast care nursing. They acknowledge individuals and teams who have demonstrated...

Co-ordination of supportive care needs in metastatic breast cancer

11 February 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) play an important part in the delivery of care to patients with metastatic breast cancer in hospital and in the community; a...

Helping patients to learn about self-management

09 September 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses are often urged to help patients learn about their illness and the self-management measures that may enable them to achieve a degree of independence after...