Helping patients adhere to ceritinib therapy
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Helping patients adhere to ceritinib therapy

Diana Borthwick Lung cancer nurse specialist, Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Edinburgh
Lavinia Magee Nurse consultant thoracic oncology, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge
Sarah Smith Lung cancer nurse specialist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol
Rachel Thomas Lung cancer nurse specialist, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London

The previous articles in this supplement have outlined the role of the lung cancer nurse specialist in delivering high quality care for patients with advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer from investigations and diagnosis through to treatment and toxicity management. This third, and final, article suggests ways of maximising adherence to ceritinib so that patients can achieve the best possible treatment outcome

Cancer Nursing Practice. 15, 10, 34-37. doi: 10.7748/cnp.2016.e1364d

Correspondence

Diana.Borthwick@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Conflict of interest

This supplement has been commissioned and paid for by Novartis. Novartis has funded medical writing support through Nyxeon Healthcare Communications and payment to the journal for advertorial space. All authors contributed equally to the development, design and review of this article; Novartis has reviewed and approved the content

Received: 30 September 2016

Accepted: 07 November 2016

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