Purpose: To evaluate the use of individualized piano instruction (IPI) for improving cognition among breast cancer survivors. Participants & Setting: Six participants were included in an eight-week piano program with three data collection time points at baseline, midpoint, and postintervention...
Purpose: To understand how rural residents with advanced cancer experience and manage their symptoms. Participants & Setting: 16 adult patients with a diagnosis of advanced cancer, who were receiving antineoplastic treatment and living in rural areas of southeastern Iowa, participated in the...
Purpose: To describe the cancer care process as it is perceived by women with ovarian cancer. Participants & Setting: 18 English-speaking adult women with ovarian cancer were recruited from an advocacy organization for patients with ovarian cancer and the gynecologic oncology clinic at a...
Objectives: To examine the use of and assess patient satisfaction with survivorship care plans (SCPs). Sample & Setting: 189 cancer survivors recruited from five cancer treatment center locations (Avera Cancer Institute in Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, and Yankton; Sanford Cancer Center in...
Problem Identification: To investigate the effectiveness of home-based exercise training on exercise capacity, dyspnea, anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Literature Search: A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Central Register of Randomized Controlled Trials...
Problem Identification: Lung cancer survivors face many challenges that affect their quality of life and survival. A growing concern is the layered effect of stigma related to cigarette smoking and the perceived life-threatening diagnosis of lung cancer. This experience may affect lung cancer...
Objectives: To examine the impact of diabetes on the symptoms of women with breast cancer. Sample & Setting: 121 women with breast cancer who self-identified as having a diabetes diagnosis and 1,006 women with breast cancer without diabetes from 97 sites across the United States. Methods &...
Problem Identification: Knowledge about the experiences of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with advanced cancer may be limited. This review was conducted to examine the literature concerning this subject. Literature Search: A comprehensive search was conducted using CINAHL®, the Cochrane...
Objectives: To describe the impact of central nervous system–directed treatment on attention and its relation to academic outcomes in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors. Sample & Setting: 51 children diagnosed with ALL at two pediatric oncology treatment centers in the...
Problem Identification: Hyperglycemia can increase the risk for adverse events and outcomes in patients undergoing treatment for cancer. The purposes of this state-of-the-science review were to explore the complexity of hyperglycemia in patients with cancer and to analyze physiologic mechanisms and...
