Regardless of the breakneck speed with which our world changes these days, it has never been more true that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Two very interesting topics have surfaced recently in the newspapers—topics that should not even be issues based on our progress in...

In the United States, more than 1,200,000 new cancers are diagnosed in individuals across the lifespan each year. The lifetime risk of developing cancer in the United States is one in two for men and one in three for women. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, with one...

What do the newspaper comic strips, television soap operas, People Magazine, ads from pharmaceutical companies, and a recent movie poster have in common? Lately, they have become an all-to-common source of healthcare information for millions of Americans. I am not sure about you, but I am most...

Purpose/Objectives: To identify the personal issues and concerns of African American women who are breast cancer survivors. Design: Exploratory. Setting: Southeastern United States; urban community. Sample : A total of 24 women were recruited from churches and the community; 16 women participated...

Purpose/Objectives: To focus on nursing documentation and how it can lead to a malpractice lawsuit. Data Sources: Nursing, non-nursing healthcare and legal journals, case law, and related Internet sources. Data Synthesis: To avoid liability for inadequate or inaccurate documentation, nurses must be...

Purpose/Objectives: To provide an overview of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), including epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic classification, prognostic factors, current treatment, long-term sequelae, and nursing management. Data Sources: Journal articles, books, and...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether perceptions of quality of life (QOL) change over time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who receive curative radiation therapy (XRT). Design: Descriptive, longitudinal. Setting: Radiotherapy clinic of a comprehensive cancer center. Sample:...

Studies Investigate Stress Related to BRCA1/BRCA2 Testing Postinjection Massage Improves Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Autologous BMT Shows Promise for Follicular Lymphoma Study Finds High Incidence of Erectile Dysfunction With Prostate Cancer Treatment Mantle Irradiation Is Effective for...

Nurses in All Practice Settings Will Benefit From Cancer Prevention and Early-Detection Supplement Reader Requests More Information on Aloe Vera Treatments The Author Replies