Lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed worldwide. It's a devastating illness that affects not just the body, but also a person's mental health and quality of life. Unfortunately, there's often a stigma attached to lung cancer. Many patients feel judged, or that they must ...
Lung cancer is a serious illness with a myriad of harmful effects due to both the disease itself and its treatments. Many patients with lung cancer use both complementary and alternative therapies to alleviate symptoms and sometimes for treatment. It is important for healthcare practitioners to be...
Here are some practical tips and advice on how to help people with lung cancer including emotional support physical assistance and ways to be there for loved ones during their cancer journey
Lung cancer is a serious illness with a myriad of harmful effects due to both the disease itself and its treatments. Many patients with lung cancer use both complementary and alternative therapies to alleviate symptoms and sometimes for treatment. It is important for healthcare practitioners to be...
Using socio-demographic and early clinical features in general practice to identify people with lung cancer earlier. Thorax. 2013;68(5):451-9.Iyen-Omofoman B, Tata LJ, Baldwin DR, Smith CJ, Hubbard RB. Using socio-demographic and early clinical features in general practice to identify people...
According to the ACS, some of the decrease “appears to be related to an increase in the percentage of people with lung cancer who are living longer after diagnosis, partly because more people are being diagnosed at an early stage of the disease.” ...
Conclusions: Stigma is a widespread psychosocial phenomenon among patients with lung cancer in China. Health care policy-makers and professionals should pay more attention to this issue and take effective measures to address stigma among lung cancer patients by improving their state self-esteem and ...
Lung Cancer Symptoms: Symptoms include cough (often with blood), chest pain, wheezing, and weight loss. These symptoms often don't appear until the cancer is advanced. Lung Cancer Treatments: Conventional treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted drug therapy, and imm...
Materials and methods A consecutive convenience sample of 25 family members of people with lung cancer received an individualised supportive intervention from a support nurse over a period of 12weeks. This involved in-depth assessment followed up with a tailored plan of ongoing support to address ...
Research published in the European Journal of Cancer Care suggests that unmet physical and psychological needs of patients with lung cancer have a significant impact on patients' quality of life and affect their ability to continue with everyday activiti