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- 1From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To analyze the incidence of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in a set of patients with gynecologic cancer who were treated with known neurotoxic agents, to identify correlative factors related to...
- 2From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, November 2010, hardcover, 592 pages, $30. The Emperor of All Maladies is a profoundly human biography of...
- 3From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedKaren J. Stanley, RN, MSN, AOCN[R], FAAN, a program manager in pain and palliative care services at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut and a past president of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), has been selected as a...
- 4From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAt the clinical/research site where I work, a wide variety of nursing journals are circulated among the nurses. As I look them over, I sometimes notice recurring themes. A year or so ago, articles on so-called lateral...
- 5From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAlthough prior studies found no connection, research by Kallen et al. (2010) suggested a possible increased risk for cancer in children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF). Following 26,292 children conceived by...
- 6From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To describe the experiences of women who accessed the Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) Web site after learning of a family BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. Research Approach: Interpretive...
- 7From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me. Bruce Feiler. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2010, softcover, 238 pages, $22.99. Oncology nurses and lay readers alike will find wisdom in...
- 8From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe article "Prolonged Grief Disorder" by Lizel Craig (vol 37, pp. 401-406) was AMAZING and so moving. I was in tears reading it! I know this couldn't have been easy to write, but the author did an excellent job! Maybe...
- 9From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedHematopoietic Growth Factors in Oncology: Cancer Treatment and Research. Gary H. Lyman and David C. Dale (Eds.). New York, NY: Springer, November 2010, hardcover, 330 pages, $219. Despite the increasing complexity of...
- 10From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing an in-home expressive-writing intervention among breast cancer survivors living in urban and rural areas. Design: Women who had...
- 11From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To test patients' knowledge of side effects after they review six easy-to-read pamphlets on radiation side effects. Design: Nonexperimental. Setting: Urban radiation oncology clinic. Sample:...
- 12From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedDeborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, FAAN, the independence professor in nursing education in the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and co-program leader in the Abramson Cancer Center, both in...
- 13From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA 46-year-old man, Mr. P, presented to the emergency department with chest pain for two days. Myocardial infarction was ruled out while in the emergency department, and a computed tomography scan of the chest...
- 14From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To establish initial reliability and validity of a Web-based survey focused on oncology advanced practice nurses' (APNs') knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviors regarding advanced care...
- 15From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To present the novel Symptom Cluster Experience Profile (SCEP) framework for guiding symptom research in adult survivors of childhood cancers and other subgroups at risk for high symptom burden....
- 16From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThree ONS members have been named to a top 10 list of influential nursing professors by the Mister Medicine blog. ONS president Carlton G. Brown, PhD, RN, AOCN[R], Linda Sarna, DNSc, RN, FAAN, AOCN[R], and Mary Beth...
- 17From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCiting an increased risk for serious adverse events (grade 3-5) and a lack of improvement in overall survival, data presented at the FDA Oncology Advisory Meeting on July 20, 2010, suggested that bevacizumab (Avastin...
- 18From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose/Objectives: To explore the perceptions of patients with breast cancer with mobility impairments of the physical accessibility of healthcare facilities and equipment. Research Approach: Individual audiotaped...
- 19From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCritical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between. Theresa Brown. New York, NY: Harper Collins, 2010, hardcover, 208 pages, $20. Brown, an English professor, turned to nursing to discover her...
- 20From: Oncology Nursing Forum. (Vol. 37, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAs reported by Jemal, Siegel, Xu, and Ward (2010), deaths from cancer appear to be on the decline, but cancer remains a significant problem, with one in four deaths in the United States attributed to the disease. Among...