Objectives: To analyze the weight change trajectory in patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma (LANPC) before, during, and after radiation therapy for a time span of 40 weeks. Sample & Setting: 147 patients from a university-affiliated medical center in China were included...
Problem Identification: Informal caregivers for patients with head and neck cancer perform complex caregiving tasks on a daily basis, but caregivers’ needs are rarely acknowledged or addressed in current healthcare practice. Literature Search: A thorough review of CINAHL ® , MEDLINE ® /PubMed ® ,...
Problem Identification: Self-management interventions support cancer survivors in addressing the consequences of treatment. With post-treatment survivors living longer, it is critical to know how research responds to their changing needs. Literature Search: A comprehensive search of the CINAHL ® ,...
Objectives: To determine whether health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among individuals with cancer is undermined by smoking cessation treatment involving varenicline. Sample & Setting: Participants (N = 103) were daily smokers with cancer (up to five years postdiagnosis) who completed a...
The winter solstice marks the astronomical moment when the sun is aligned over the Tropic of Capricorn. On December 21, those who live in the Northern Hemisphere had the shortest day and longest night of the year. This was accompanied in 2020 by a rare alignment of Jupiter and Saturn, which...
Objectives: To describe cancer survivors’ self-reported frequency and intensity of physical activity and depression. Sample & Setting: 1,412 breast (n = 375), gynecologic (n = 369), and thoracic (n = 668) cancer survivors at an urban comprehensive cancer center between July 2017 and December...
Objectives: To estimate the effectiveness of combining facial expression recognition and machine learning for better detection of distress. Sample & Setting: 232 patients with cancer in Sichuan University West China Hospital in Chengdu, China. Methods & Variables: The Distress Thermometer (...
Objectives: To examine pain and spirituality, demographic and clinical factors associated with pain and spirituality, the contribution of spirituality to experiences of pain over time, and how pain and spirituality relate to engagement with a caregiver-delivered intervention. Sample & Setting:...
Objectives: To determine whether clusters based on analgesic treatment beliefs among patients with cancer predict objective analgesic adherence. Sample & Setting: 207 patients with cancer in the outpatient setting who were aged 18 years or older, self-identified as White or African American,...
Purpose: To examine the family communication experience of Korean adolescents with cancer and their parents, including how adolescents and their parents verbally share feelings and concerns related to the adolescent’s cancer diagnosis with one another, and how emotional communication affects parent...
