Background: Available treatment options have improved overall survival and contributed to delayed progression, but metastatic prostate cancer remains incurable. Treatment strategies are based on disease progression assessed by a combination of biochemical, radiographic, and symptomatic changes...

Objectives: To better understand how personal factors, contextual factors, and cognitive appraisals predict quality of life. Sample & Setting: 81 patients with a new diagnosis of cancer were recruited from two oncologists’ offices in the midwestern United States. Methods & Variables: A...

Background: Adherence to a prescribed medication regimen is often critical to successful comorbid disease management and decreased risk for adverse outcomes. The barriers that result in nonadherence are often multilayered and complex, making them difficult to address in an outpatient clinic setting...

Background: Clinical nurse assessment determines clinical status, status changes, and trends that affect the patient’s plan of care. With the financial burden of care being a prominent source of patient stress, financial toxicity is a vital component of clinical nurse assessment. Objectives: For...