A positive approach to chemotherapy: alleviating anxiety and providing reassurance can help a cancer patient take a positive approach to treatment
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Breast cancer affects one in 12 women in the UK and cancer patients need a positive approach to both physical and psychological care, during treatment. A case study follows a cancer patient through diagnosis, a necessary mastectomy and the need for chemotherapy. It describes here concern about losing her hair as a side effect of the treatment and the use of the cold-cap system, which can prevent or reduce hair loss. The case study emphasizes that good communication and listening skills are needed regarding the side effects of treatment.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Blue days: with the constant fear of death for company, an isolation patient needs strong, honest words to hang on to
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A patient describes her stay in hospital for a peripheral blood stem-cell transplant and how she coped with the isolation that was necessary during the high dose chemotherapy. She recounts how she was encouraged to establish a routine and how she found that cleanliness was a simple way to improve her well-being. However, she was frustrated in her attempts to make her doctors and nurses aware of non-specialist problems, and felt that the wider environment in which they worked was not seen as part of a patient's clinical experience.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Cured but still in need of care
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Issues are presented concerning the help which is available to former cancer patients who are faced with the side-effects of their cancer treatments. The long-term effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are discussed.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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