Lamb, Alastair D Thompson, Sue Kinsella, Netty Gerbitz, Ingmar Chapman, Elaine Putt, Lisa Bennett, Sophie Thankappannair, Vineetha Geoghegan, Lisa Wright, Naomi
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Specialist nurses and allied healthcare professionals play a vital role alongside urologists and oncologists to provide care to men with prostate cancer and their families. We present a set of standards and consensus recommendations for the roles and skill-set required for these practitioners to provide gold-standard prostate cancer care. These rec...
Kotronoulas, Grigorios Papadopoulou, Constantina MacNicol, Lorna Simpson, Mhairi Maguire, Roma
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Nurse-led, PROMs-driven needs assessments with patients with CRC appear to be feasible and acceptable in clinical practice, possibly associated with a sizeable reduction in the frequency of unmet needs, and smaller decreases in physical/daily living and psychosocial needs in the immediate post-chemotherapy period.
Gürsoy, Ayla Koçan, Sema Aktuğ, Cemile
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
The changes in the partners' physical appearance after mastectomy and chemotherapy affected males differently in psychological, emotional and social terms. Since nurses working in this field are in contact with patients during all phases of treatment and care, it would be positive and beneficial to plan nursing interventions that give emotional sup...
Chang, Wen-Pei Lin, Chia-Chin
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Overall, the patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer had poorer sleep quality, higher depression levels, lower salivary melatonin levels, higher cortisol levels, and flatter melatonin and cortisol slopes than did the controls. The fatigue level and cortisol slope significantly predicted sleep quality. Therefore, the assessment of cortisol and mel...
Kotronoulas, Grigorios Papadopoulou, Constantina Burns-Cunningham, Kathryn Simpson, Mhairi Maguire, Roma
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Investing time to sensitively inquire about the supportive care needs of this patient population is key, whilst evaluating and re-shaping clinical interactions based on patients' priorities is equally essential. The diverse needs identified require a multi-professional and multi-agency approach to ensure unmet needs are addressed or measures offere...
Censabella, Sandrine Claes, Stefan Orlandini, Marc Braekers, Roel Bulens, Paul
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
These findings confirm our previous results: applying the hydroactive colloid gel, rather than dexpanthenol, delayed the onset and reduced the incidence of RIMD in breast cancer patients. However, applying the hydrogel preventively offered no statistically significant advantages over applying it curatively.
Serena, Andrea Dwyer, Andrew Peters, Solange Eicher, Manuela
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Results were promising for the feasibility of the APNLC consultation and the ability to collect PROMs. Further investigations are needed to increase the impact of the APNLC consultations on symptom intensity and sexual and psychological needs.
Dong, Xiaoling Li, Guopeng Liu, Chunlei Kong, Linghua Fang, Yueyan Kang, Xiaofei Li, Ping
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European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
Moderate to high PTG was found in CRC survivors with permanent intestinal ostomies. The most important implication of this study was that improving social support and resilience might be scientific intervention strategies for promoting PTG among CRC survivors.
Nunes, Michelle Darezzo Rodrigues Jacob, Eufemia Bomfim, Emiliana Omena Lopes-Junior, Luis Carlos de Lima, Regina Aparecida Garcia Floria-Santos, Milena Nascimento, Lucila Castanheira
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The study is the first to report fatigue and health related quality of life in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer in Brazil. Similar to experiences of other children in the world, our findings indicate that children and adolescents with cancer had problems with fatigue that were associated with low HRQL. Future studies are recommende...
Andersson, Camilla Röing, Marta Tiblom Ehrsson, Ylva Johansson, Birgitta
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PET/CT examnation in a fixation mask may be strenuous for some patients. Patients need more detailed information, including suggestions for coping behaviours, prior to the examination, as well as higher level of support during and after the examination. The results of this study may be used to improve patient care and optimize the procedure of PET/...
