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The Challenge of Existential Issues in Acute Care: Nursing Considerations for the Patient With a New Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Rebecca H. Lehto
CJON 2012, 16(1), E4-E11 DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.E1-E8
A new diagnosis of lung cancer is a highly threatening experience that raises personally relevant existential issues and brings death-related thoughts and concerns to mind. Those issues can be very disturbing to patients, leading to distress and potentially to a lowered quality of life. The purpose...
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The Management of Anxiety and Knowledge of Serum CA-125 After an Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

Amanda Reid
Elizabeth Ercolano
Peter Schwartz
Ruth McCorkle
CJON 2011, 15(6), 625-632 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.625-632
This article describes the relationship among anxiety, distress, and serum CA-125 levels in women with ovarian cancer. Women's anxiety about monitoring their CA-125 levels during chemotherapy also is discussed. Data from a randomized trial including self-reported anxiety and emotional distress of...
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Education and Health Promotion for New Patients With Cancer

Karen S. Mann
CJON 2011, 15(1), 55-61 DOI: 10.1188/11.CJON.55-61
High levels of anxiety negatively affect how education is received by newly diagnosed patients with cancer by decreasing comprehension, retention, and patient satisfaction. Research has repeatedly shown that, after a careful assessment of individual needs, effective patient education delivered...
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Evidence-Based Practice

Are Serum Protein Biomarkers Effective in Detecting Ovarian Cancer in Its Early Stages?

Yvonne Leahy
CJON 2009, 13(4), 443-445 DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.443-445
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A Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Clinic for Newly Diagnosed Patients

Lydia T. Madsen
Catherine Craig
Deborah Kuban
CJON 2009, 13(3), 305-309 DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.305-309
Newly diagnosed patients with prostate cancer have various treatment options, and a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic (MPCC) can present all options in a single setting. An MPCC was started in 2004 at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and 258 patients with prostate cancer...
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