Exercise in cancer care in Ireland: a survey of oncology nurses and physiotherapists.

abstract：:This study aims to describe the experiences of nurses caring for cancer patients in non-specialist wards. The study was conducted in a large (420 beds) and small (32 beds) hospital in an area health service with urban and rural populations in the west of Sydney. A qualitative descriptive approach was utilized to colle...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Mohan S,Wilkes LM,Ogunsiji O,Walker A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Documentations of the experiences of patients with advanced prostate cancer and their partners are sparse. Views of care and treatment received for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) are presented here. METHODS:Structured interviews conducted within 14 days of a systemic therapy for mCRPC ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Catt S,Matthews L,May S,Payne H,Mason M,Jenkins V

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constipation and the laxatives polyethylene glycol (PEG), sodium picosulphate (SPS) and lactulose (L) were investigated in outpatients with cancer and on opioid therapy. Randomly selected patients were enrolled in a prospective, controlled, open-label trial. Endpoints were number of patients taking laxatives >28 days,...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Wirz S,Nadstawek J,Elsen C,Junker U,Wartenberg HC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of cryotherapy and chlorhexidine to oral nutrition transition time in chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis. This randomised controlled trial with random assignments to the experimental and control groups was conducted with cancer patients. Study data were collected from...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Erden Y,Ipekcoban G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy side effects (CSE) have a strong impact on patients' quality of life (QOL). To assess patient perceptions of CSE, their impact on QOL and doctor-patient communication regarding these aspects, a survey was conducted among Italian cancer patients. Patients at least 18 years of age, who received chemotherapy...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Lorusso D,Bria E,Costantini A,Di Maio M,Rosti G,Mancuso A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify high support needs and their socio-demographic predictors to improve supportive care for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. A cross-sectional study measured patients' needs and unsatisfied support needs by the supportive care needs survey (SCNS-34), administered after surgery, chemoth...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Griesser AC,Vlastos G,Morel L,Beaume C,Sappino AP,Haller G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To enable demand-based palliative care, it is important to know the perceptions of terminally ill patients and their family members regarding home and hospice as places of care at the end of life. Eight women and five men suffering from cancer and with a life expectancy of 3 months or less were interviewed. In each ca...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Luijkx KG,Schols JM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper was to discuss how words for symptoms relate to experience and to find out how seriously ill patients two years after diagnosis and treatment articulated suffering. Nine patients who have had a cancer tumour of the central nervous system were interviewed in their homes and the findings were inter...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Skott C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the prevalence of suspected cervical cancer (established through the use of visual inspection with Lugol's Iodine - VILI) among outpatients attending Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research Hospital, India. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 356 patients; 178 with an establi...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Rupani MP,Pawar AB,Bansal RK,Dalal M,Vachhani A,Parikh KD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study are to evaluate patient outcomes in clinical practice using gemcitabine and carboplatin (GCarbo) as first-line treatment in metastatic transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urothelium, and to review the published evidence on the use of GCarbo in this setting. From July 2003, all cases o...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Hudson E,Lester JF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the patterns of care and health care resource use (HCRU) in patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) who received ≥3 lines of systemic therapy in the United Kingdom (UK). Oncologists (n = 40) abstracted medical records for patients with metastatic SCCHN who ini...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： La EM,Smyth EN,Talbird SE,Li L,Kaye JA,Lin AB,Bowman L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of people who are bereaved will work through their grief with support from family and friends. Over 30%, however, may require professional support, and studies have shown that most people contact their General Practitioner and primary health-care team for counselling/support. Effective support and counsel...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Lloyd-Williams M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomas often occur in patients' extremities and treatment typically involves bone resection/limb salvage surgery. Such treatments leave survivors with physical disfigurements, functional disabilities, and/or emotional traumas. Our post-surgery psychological intervention investigated how these experiences impinge on ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Taylor MF,Pooley JA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social support is an important predictor of the well-being of partners of cancer patients. Those who are caring for minors (well parents) may be in special need of such support. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 4-month impact of a psychoeducational social support intervention, named the Cancer-PEPSONE program...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Senneseth M,Dyregrov A,Matthiesen SB,Pereira M,Hauken MA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Edinburgh Malawi Breast Cancer Project, a collaborative partnership project between the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) Oncology Unit, Blantyre, Malawi and the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, UK, was established in 2015. The principal objective of the project is to help to develop high quality multi-disciplinary ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Brown ER,Bartlett J,Chalulu K,Gadama L,Gorman D,Hayward L,Jere Y,Mpinganjira M,Noah P,Raphael M,Taylor F,Masamba L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first generation of Turkish and Northwest African immigrants in Belgium are ageing and at risk for developing cancer. Relatives play an important role and provide both emotional and practical care, including mental support and acting as a contact person and/or a translator for improving access to healthcare, as mo...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： van Eechoud I,Grypdonck M,Leman J,Van Den Noortgate N,Deveugele M,Verhaeghe S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies support the validity and psychometric properties of the DT&PL for measuring psychosocial distress in breast cancer survivors (BCSs). However, next to psychosocial problems, it is equally important to identify distress caused by limitations in physical functioning. Validity of the DT&PL for the identifi...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Robbeson C,Hugenholtz-Wamsteker W,Meeus M,Devoogdt N,Nijs J,De Groef A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to identify strategies to implement patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) into routine oncology outpatients' clinical care. METHODS:Qualitative focus groups were conducted with staff from multiple disciplines using a semistructured interview guide, with supporting data collec...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Roberts NA,Alexander K,Wyld D,Janda M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions in improving quality of life for head and neck cancer patients. Five databases were systematically searched in July 2016. Studies were included if they reported original empirical data from intervention studies ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Calver L,Tickle A,Moghaddam N,Biswas S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is quite rare, second primary neoplasms in cancer patients may present with the signs and symptoms of malignant spinal cord compression. Primary spinal cord tumours in the cancer patients may be deceptive and considered as the recurrent first cancer. Therefore, it should be precisely differentiated and app...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Mohammadianpanah M,Vasei M,Mosalaei A,Omidvari S,Ahmadloo N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims were to investigate whether: (A) doctors' ability to identify patients' worry about prognosis/wish for information about disease and treatment is related to doctors' self-efficacy with regard to communicating about difficult matters and patients' satisfaction with a consultation/hope to live a good life in sp...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Fröjd C,Von Essen L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examined the predictive power of psychological flexibility, masculine self-esteem and stoicism in influencing psychological distress and quality of life in men diagnosed with prostate cancer. It explores relationships between these theorised predictors and prostate cancer physical symptoms, an esta...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： McAteer G,Gillanders D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is difficult for people from ethnically diverse communities to cope with, because there is inequality in getting information and services to meet their needs for prevention, prompt diagnosis, treatment, care and support. Research with black minority ethnic (BME) communities indicates a lack of knowledge about c...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Lanceley A,Cox CL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a burdensome symptom for breast cancer (BC) patients. In this pilot study, we tested several questionnaires as predictors for treatment responsiveness, along with the implementation of a multimodal therapy concept consisting of sleep, psycho-education, eurythmy, painting therapy and sta...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Kröz M,Reif M,Zerm R,Winter K,Schad F,Gutenbrunner C,Girke M,Bartsch C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports on the patient perspective of daily life during a 1-year high-grade glioma (HGG) trajectory from the time of diagnosis are sparse. The aim of this longitudinal mixed methods study is to identify the specific needs and preferences for rehabilitation and supportive care and how it links with physical ac...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Piil K,Jakobsen J,Christensen KB,Juhler M,Guetterman TC,Fetters MD,Jarden M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluconazole is recommended in the prophylaxis of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in patients undergoing radiotherapy for head-neck tumours; however, the actual effectiveness of fluconazole in this setting remains unclear. Adult patients with cervico-cephalic carcinoma submitted to radical or adjuvant radiotherapy were...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Corvò R,Amichetti M,Ascarelli A,Arcangeli G,Buffoli A,Cellini N,Cionini L,De Renzis C,Emiliani E,Franchini P,Gabriele P,Gobitti C,Grillo Ruggieri F,Bertoni F,Magrini SM,Marmiroli L,Orsatti M,Panizza GM,Tordiglione M,

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate quality of life (QoL) parameters in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and assess the potential differences between patients receiving chemotherapy and those undergoing supportive care interventions. In total, 210 women with MBC were enrolled in this prospective, ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Karamouzis MV,Ioannidis G,Rigatos G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of cancer survivors and the tradition of long-term follow-up in the outpatient clinic has resulted in overcrowded oncology clinics and long waiting times. Little is known about patients' perceptions of their clinic attendance. This survey of 252 oncology patients investigated patients' satisfaction ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Thomas S,Glynne-Jones R,Chait I

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify and clarify definitions and methods of measuring cancer-related cognitive impairment among prostate cancer patients treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and to assess the incidence and prevalence of cognitive impairment. A systematic review of Medline, EMBASE, PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL up to D...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Treanor CJ,Li J,Donnelly M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians are less likely to recommend adjuvant chemotherapy for older adults based on their age alone. This study aimed to develop a mortality risk model to assist treatment decision making by identifying patients who are unlikely to live to benefit from chemotherapy. All lymph node-positive colon cancer patients ≥6...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Jorgensen ML,Young JM,Dobbins TA,Solomon MJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00