Cancer Nursing

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• The Experience of Patients Undergoing Awake Craniotomy: In the Patients' Own Words. A Qualitative Study
  What is it like to be awake during brain surgery? Patients describe their experience before, during, and immediately after awake craniotomy.

  April 24, 2008

• Concepts Within the Chinese Culture That Influence the Cancer Pain Experience
  What are the fundamental beliefs that influence the pain experience for Chinese cancer patients?

  April 21, 2008

• Factors Influencing Family Caregivers' Ability to Cope With Providing End-of-Life Cancer Care at Home
  For family caregivers, what are some of the factors that influence their ability to cope with providing end-of-life cancer care at home?

  March 28, 2008

• Distress and Quality of Life Concerns of Family Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Palliative Surgery
  When patients have palliative surgery, family caregivers need resources and support to improve their quality of life as well.

  March 17, 2008

• What Makes a Man a Man?: The Lived Experience of Male Breast Cancer

  December 20, 2007

• Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Heart Failure
  Review the prognostic relevance of AF in patients with CHF, relevance and strategies of rhythm and rate control, and options for prevention of AF in patients with ventricular dysfunction.

  December 20, 2007

• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis in a Patient With Unexplained Mental Retardation
  This Case Study describes a patient with mental retardation who was found to have an interstitial deletion of chromosome 5 encompassing the adenomatous polyposis coli tumor suppressor locus, with major implications for her care and management.

  December 10, 2007

• Symptom Clusters and Quality of Life in Survivors of Ovarian Cancer
  Fatigue and depression are significant problems for survivors of ovarian cancer.

  December 03, 2007

• Fatigue and Physical Activity in Older Adults With Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature
  Exercise, both aerobic and strength training, may reduce fatigue in cancer patients during and after cancer treatment.

  November 19, 2007

• What Women Wish They Knew Before Prophylactic Mastectomy
  Study findings suggest that information needs of many women undergoing prophylactic mastectomy have not been sufficiently addressed.

  September 04, 2007

• Patient Education About Treatment in Cancer Care: An Overview of the Literature on Older Patients' Needs
  There appears to be small but marked difference between the amount and type of information older and younger patients want concerning treatment of cancer.

  August 28, 2007

• Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Its Treatment Affecting the Self: A Meta-Synthesis
  The findings of this study highlight the importance of providing psychosocial support for women who have survived breast cancer.

  July 09, 2007

• Stressors and Coping Strategies Among Female Cancer Survivors After Treatments
  Clinicians can gain a fuller understanding of breast and gynecologic cancer survivors' particular stressors and coping strategies at the end of primary treatments.

  May 07, 2007

• Younger Women's Perceptions of Coping With Breast Cancer
  This study is the first to look at younger women's coping strategies in response to specific stressors related to breast cancer. Learn what they found to be best.

  April 30, 2007

• White Cancer Patients' Perception of Gender and Ethnic Differences in Pain Experience
  Healthcare clinicians need to respect cancer patients' own experiences, attitudes, and meanings related to cancer pain.

  February 28, 2007

• Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies to Control Symptoms in Women Living With Lung Cancer
  With CAM use rising by patients with cancer, healthcare providers must stay informed about what their patients are using for symptom management.

  February 28, 2007

• Posttreatment Breast Cancer Surveillance and Follow-up Care Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors of African Descent: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
  This research represents one of the first attempts to understand and describe the surveillance and follow-up care experiences of breast cancer survivors of African descent.

  February 27, 2007

• Siblings' Experiences With Childhood Cancer: A Different Way of Being in the Family
  More needs to be done to help healthy siblings through childhood cancer.

  February 21, 2007

• Knowledge of and Barriers to Pain Management in Caregivers of Cancer Patients Receiving Homecare
  Education about pain and the use of analgesics is imperative for caregivers of cancer patients.

  February 21, 2007

• Qualitative Analysis of Couples' Experience With Prostate Cancer by Age Cohort
  Findings indicated that similarities and differences exist when couples of different ages deal with prostate cancer.

  February 20, 2007