Clinical nurse specialists in cancer care use their expertise to support patients, junior staff,
Clinical
<p>Now that the Human Genome Project has mapped the entire sequence of human DNA, kn
<p>Devising the schedule of nursing time on a hospital ward can be a time-consuming
<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 chemot
<p>Fungating wounds are caused by infiltration of the skin by a local tumour and/or r
<p>Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common form of childhood cancer an
<p>This is an evaluative case study comparing the treatment of two patients with non-
<p>If the treatment of cancer is to advance, it is essential that research and develo
<p>This article discusses the introduction by one cancer centre of oral chemotherapy
