PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To uncover dimensions of nurses' professional experiences of cancer survivorship. DESIGN Interpretive, phenomenologic. SETTING Metropolitan area in the northeastern United States. SAMPLE 25 RNs diagnosed with cancer. Average age was 50 years, and 20 participants were less than five years from initial diagnosis. METHODS Interviews. Data were analyzed using the methodol...

Breast cancer patients face challenges throughout the journey of diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment, and recovery. The breast cancer patient is exposed to a multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, therapists, counselors, and psychologists. While the team assembled together aims to address multiple facets in breast cancer care, the sub-specialized nature of individual professional pr...

PURPOSE With the rate of cancer and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) growing globally, cancer prevention and control efforts are critical internationally. Moreover, since the 2011 United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs, the international health and development community has shifted its awareness to include NCDs as a global health priority, especially in developing countries where mortal...

s are ranged per year of publication, from recent to old, and within each year in reversed alphabetical order of the first author. In Part II a copy of recent Viewpoints on Patient organizations and public health by M Naiditch and Patient organizations and prevention in the Netherlands by I Van Bennekom Stompedissel are enclosed. Also a copy of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industri...

Purpose The aim of this study was to review the experiences of direct involvement in patient survivorship for treatment and research. Methods This is a narrative-focused review of the following two recent experiences of patient involvement: the Chordoma Foundation and the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation. Results These two examples represent concrete experiences that patients have b...

patient-centered communication barriers: experiences of patients with cancer, their family members and nurses rassouli m ,zamanzadeh v ,abbaszadeh a ,nikanafar ar ,alavi-majd h , mirza ahmadi f ,ghahramanian a * received: 28 aug, 2013 accepted: 2 nov, 2013 abstract background & aims: it is suggested that nurses unable to communicate with patients based on the needs and preferences and to indivi...

introduction: patients administered with a therapeutic dose of 131i for thyroid cancer treatment are potential sources of unacceptably high radiation exposure to other individuals, particularly the patient's immediate family members. the aim of this study is to investigate effects of early liothyronine consumption after radio-iodine therapy on accumulated dose and exposure rate in patients with...

BACKGROUND Among providers who serve low-income and uninsured women, resistance to extending the cervical cancer screening interval following normal Pap and co-test results has been documented. Our objective was to examine provider characteristics and beliefs associated with guideline-consistent screening interval recommendations. METHOD We collected cross-sectional survey data between 2009 a...