Cancer patients and their partners experience elevated distress and unmet supportive care needs at the time of treatment, however, their ongoing needs have not been adequately described. This qualitative study explores the needs of disease-free cancer survivors and their partners using semi-structured ...
cancerhospital dischargedistrict nursesprimary–secondary interfaceseamless carecommunity nursingBackground. Despite nearly three decades of debate and policy guidance there is evidence that, in the United Kingdom, patient hospital discharge remains problematic. District nurses, who deliver skilled home ...
members of the REcovery after Surgical Therapy for Older adults REsearch –Cancer (RESTORE-C) group 3001 Accesses 2 Citations 18 Altmetric 1 Mention Explore all metrics Abstract Background Older adults are at high-risk for a post-operative intensive care unit (ICU) admission, yet little is know...
This paper looks at the social and psychological effects of cancer on patients and their families, and discusses the support and after-care required by a patient who has been treated for an oral cancer. The role of the dental practitioner in the maintenance of oral health and comfort is discu...
Objective To evaluate the effects of continuing care based on Wechat in guidance of PICC maintenance among cancer patients after discharge.Methods A total of 202 discharged patients with PICC were assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The patients in the experimental group receive...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis temporarily ran a temperature three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday.
In order to further improve delivery of cutting-edge cancer care, Dr. Korman's team collaborated with a multidisciplinary team of medical oncologists. "Adopting a guideline-based model with on-site genetic testing improved the ability of urologists to detectgermline mutations," notes oncologist Dr...
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reflecting the patient’s need of additional health care. Thus, the detection of metastasis might have been facilitated after a fracture. On the other hand, the overall 5-year incidence of distant metastases was 7.2% in completely resected (R0) tumors in a German epidemiological cancer registry ...
If you experience a life-threatening medical emergency, call 911 immediately. When you arrive at the emergency room, ask the staff to call your cancer center physician. Use the cancer center search to find your center's after hours phone number....