A recent analysis of published studies, which included more than 44,000 patients overall, examined the impact of religion and spirituality on cancer patients’ mental, social, and physical well-being.
Enabling patients to manage stress early in their breast cancer treatment can improve their mood and quality of life many years later.
Children of cancer patients may be at risk for emotional and behavioral problems after learning of a parent’s cancer diagnosis.
Clinicians and even patients themselves tend to undervalue the need for help with nonclinical concerns.
Families coping with cancer need a break from stress and its impact on their lives. These organizations help them enjoy happy times together.
The financial burden of a cancer diagnosis can be significant. Oncology nurses should familiarize themselves with the organizations that can help patients.
Breast cancer survivors who develop such behavioral skills as self-confidence and motivation are much more likely to continue exercising on their own after leaving a supervised exercise program.
People with cancer and their caregivers can turn to a new Web site to help answer the question from concerned relatives and friends, “What can I do to help?”
At one center, treatment compliance rates increased by 15% with the program.
Patients with cancer may seek guidance on how and how much to tell their children about their diagnosis and treatment.
