background : breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignancies among iranian women. these patients suffer from a wide range of physical and mental (depression, anxiety and stress) signs and symptoms during the diagnostic and therapeutic processes. despite the improvement in survival rates due to advances in medical care, different types of psychosocial interventions are still growingly nee...

Neuropathic pain and its effective management remains a challenging clinical problem in palliative care of cancer patients. In this study Carcinosinum30c (a homeopathic remedy) is used for relief of severe pain in cancer patients, who were a candidate for nerve block procedure (CEPCA). In this case study to seven cancer patients who were referred to pain clinic for nerve block procedure, after ...

With the number of cancer diagnoses and cancer-related deaths on rise, palliative care is becoming a more important consideration for helping to improve quality life patients families support they receive during their healthcare journey. Accordingly, early integration into standard oncology would appear be an underutilized novel approach that could used address specific needs patients. Oncology...

Following the UK "Brexit" vote in June 2016, there are many uncertainties and risks for cancer research and cancer care in the UK. These are summarised and the importance of sustained engagement and influence from the cancer community on UK governments is emphasised.

background : in order to support cancer patients, nurses need to identify different physio-psycho- social needs of patients using a holistic approach. focusing on quality of life (qol) is congruent with the philosophy of a holistic approach in nursing. the main aim of this research study thus was to identify the level of agreement between cancer patients and nurses about cancer patients' qol. m...

The quality of life (QoL) women living with metastatic breast cancer and receiving palliative care needs more attention. We reviewed published studies (1992–2019) examining QoL care. findings were interpreted according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition Four themes emerged: (1) impact medical treatment on pain relief; (2) need for psychosocial attention support; (3) necessity a...

Background: Pain is the most feared and distressing symptom in palliative care. In advanced stages of cancer, its incidence 70–80%. Mozambique there little published information concerning to prevalence, intensity, pain’s management cancer patients.