Spotlight on Cancer April 2024

Cancer

Cancer remains one of the most prevalent conditions, affecting millions of people in the UK each year. Though survival rates are improving, there is an increasing number of people diagnosed with the condition, and a greater shift towards after-care is required.  We have provided a list of recent and relevant articles from MA Healthcare journals dealing with this area, thereby providing your NHS staff with research, information and tips that will support both their work and their patients.

British Journal of Healthcare Management

• A multidisciplinary diagnostic centre for early detection of cancer in patients with non-specific symptoms: a service evaluation

Published Online:1 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2022.0136

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

• Enhanced supportive care

Published Online:27 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2023.0416

British Journal of Nursing

• Ovarian cancer red flags: help prevent delayed diagnosis

Published Online:6 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.S16

• Patient satisfaction of specialist nurse-led renal cancer follow-up

Published Online:26 Oct 2023

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.19.930

• Exploring health professionals’ knowledge of cancer-related pain: a scoping review

Published Online:6 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.S4

• The experiences of patients using a cancer hotline service

Published Online:6 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.S12

• Percutaneous infraclavicular subclavian vein catheters in paediatric cancer patients in comparison with critically ill children: a one-year experience from a Tunisian hospital

Published Online:25 Jan 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.2.S28

• Improving care for head-and-neck and thyroid cancer patients

Published Online:9 Jan 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.1.48

Gastrointestinal Nursing

• An overview of hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in cirrhosis

Published Online:20 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2024.22.Sup1.S8

• Managing ascites in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: experiences from a quaternary liver centre

Published Online:20 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2024.22.Sup1.S17

• Living with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: a nested qualitative study

Published Online:8 Nov 2023

https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.20.978

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

• Spiritual care models of patients living with cancer in Taiwan

Published Online:3 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.1.40

• The experience of cancer pain in South African patients

Published Online:26 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.2.79

• Nursing interventions for dyspnoea management among inpatients with cancer in palliative care

Published Online:26 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.2.87

• Chemosensory changes during chemotherapy

Published Online:22 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.3.147

• Comparative study of oncology patients’ quality of life

Published Online:22 Mar 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.3.120

• Exploring the experiences of adults adjustment when living with a primary brain tumour

Published Online:26 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.30.2.66

Journal of Prescribing Practice

• Prescribing in cancer care

Published Online:14 Nov 2023

https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2023.5.11.454

Journal of Wound Care

• Malignant wound aetiology, diagnosis and management: a case series and literature review

Published Online:8 Feb 2024

https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2024.33.2.102