A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
<p>Although the survival rate for many cancers has improved over the past two decade
<p>Adolescent patients who recover from treatment for brain tumours can be left with
<p>Infertility as a consequence of cancer treatment can be a devastating blow to som
<p>The place of final care for patients with terminal illness is influenced more by
<p>The role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) remains an area of debate.
<p>Truth-telling about life-threatening cancer illness is a controversial matter.
<p>Palliative care services have developed rapidly over the past 30 years and the pa
<p>Children’s cancers are seldom like adult cancers.
<p>In recent years there has been a large increase in the number of nurse specialist
<p>The Cancer Plan has highlighted the importance of psychological support in cancer
<p>There are three main methods of treating cancer – surgery, radiotherapy and chemo
<p>Fungating wounds are caused by infiltration of the skin by a local tumour and/or
<p>Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common form of childhood cancer and a major part of the treatment protocol involves oral chemotherapy taken as an out-patient.
<p>This is an evaluative case study comparing the treatment of two patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). It focuses specifically on the care provided by a Macmillan Haematology Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in preparation for peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT).
<p>If the treatment of cancer is to advance, it is essential that research and development (R&D) are identified as priorities within the healthcare professions.
<p>This article discusses the introduction by one cancer centre of oral chemotherapy agent capecitabine (or Xeloda*). Patients are able to administer this preparation to themselves at home.
<p>The genetic revolution is taking the world by storm. Reports of the latest genetic breakthroughs and their projected impact are inescapable. For people with cancer, gene therapy holds out great promise for their treatment in the future.
<p>The aim of this research project was to develop and pilot a pain assessment tool in clinical practice.
