Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
Evidence based service for patients with lung cancer
In recent years there has been a large increase in the number of nurse specialist...
Operating palliative care services in the private setting
Palliative care services have developed rapidly over the past 30 years and the...
Making healthcare decisions with children
Children’s cancers are seldom like adult cancers. They frequently have a different...
Working with anxiety in cancer: psycho-oncological care
The Cancer Plan has highlighted the importance of psychological support in cancer...
Chemotherapy and the cell cycle
There are three main methods of treating cancer – surgery, radiotherapy and...
Exudate management in fungating malignant wounds
Fungating wounds are caused by infiltration of the skin by a local tumour and/or...
Continuing therapy in childhood leukaemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common form of childhood cancer and...
Implications of PBSCT for nursing practice
This is an evaluative case study comparing the treatment of two patients with non-...
The importance of clinical trials in cancer care
If the treatment of cancer is to advance, it is essential that research and...
Development of a nurse-led service for patients receiving oral capecitabine
This article discusses the introduction by one cancer centre of oral chemotherapy...
The role of the gene therapy nurse in cancer care
The genetic revolution is taking the world by storm. Reports of the latest genetic...
Introduction of a pain assessment tool in a cancer centre: an action research approach
The aim of this research project was to develop and pilot a pain assessment tool in...
Managing advanced cancer: a case study
The purpose of this article is to show how a patient presenting with advanced...
Increasing children’s compliance with oral chemotherapy through partnership
Oral antimetabolites are the main drugs in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic...
Ultraviolet light and skin cancer
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK. This article investigates...
The psychosocial care of a patient with cervical cancer
The aim of the article is to highlight the need for psychosocial care for cervical...
Intravenous chemotherapy for children at home
It is becoming common practice for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia to...
Prostate cancer screening: the pros and cons
The aim of any cancer screening programme is early detection of cancer, leading to...