Neoplasms - Nursing
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

[Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1]

29 Nov 2009 The oncology patient navigator role was developed to ensure both continuity and consultation in the delivery of care to cancer patients and their families. In Québec, this role is filled by a nurse. This first article in a series of two, aims to ... Read more...

Supporting children of parents who are dying.

29 Nov 2009 Nurses, parents and other family members tend to feel ill equipped when talking to children about a parent's impending death. Adults often feel the need to protect children from the reality of a parent's imminent death. However, research indicates ... Read more...

The First Children's Cancer Hospital, Egypt International Scientific Conference.

29 Sep 2009 A wide gathering of scientists, clinicians, pharmacists and nurses specialized in pediatric oncology practice met to celebrate the second anniversary of Children's Cancer Hospital, Egypt (CCHE). The celebration was in the form of high-brow teaching ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neoplasms - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Montérégie Comprehensive Cancer Care Centre: integrating nurse navigators in Montérégie's oncology teams: one aspect of implementing the Cancer Control Program--Part 1] 29 Nov 2009
• Supporting children of parents who are dying. 29 Nov 2009
• Aging matters in cancer research. 29 Nov 2009
• The First Children's Cancer Hospital, Egypt International Scientific Conference. 29 Sep 2009
• How have advances in radiation technology increased quality of life for your patients? 30 Aug 2009
• Updates in radiation therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Cancer patients' perceptions of the good nurse: a literature review. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial. 17 Aug 2009
• Cancer care. 30 Jul 2009
• Intravenous therapy. 30 Jul 2009
• [Toxic hematologic side effects of chemotherapy: nursing interventions] 30 Jul 2009
• [Psychosocial interventions for couples living with cancer. A literature review] 30 Jul 2009
• Survivorship care plans help patients face uncertainty. 30 Jul 2009
• Outpatient work offers time to form relationships. 30 Jul 2009
• Ambulatory oncology clinics. Oncology nurses juggle staffing and scheduling in the outpatient setting. 30 Jul 2009
• Outpatient--and inpatient--roles are continually evolving. 30 Jul 2009
• Symptom occurrence and associated clinical factors in nursing home residents with cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Pediatric surgical oncology in China: present and future. 7 Jul 2009
• [New antiemetic strategies - not only in oncology] 29 Jun 2009
• The experience of a sore mouth and associated symptoms in patients with cancer receiving outpatient chemotherapy. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Neoplasms'

Definition: New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.

Descriptor UI: D009369

Alternative terms: Neoplasms; Neoplasm; Tumors; Tumor; Benign Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Benign; Benign Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Benign; Cancer; Cancers;

Related Mesh Headings: Antibodies, Neoplasm; Antigens, Neoplasm; Antineoplastic Agents; Carcinogens; DNA, Neoplasm; Oncogenic Viruses; Precancerous Conditions; RNA, Neoplasm; Pleural Effusion, Malignant; Genes, Tumor Suppressor; Anticarcinogenic Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; blood supply; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; secretion; surgery; therapy; ultrastructure; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: C04;

Online Note: pre-explosion = NEOPLASMS (PX)

History Note: /diagnosis was NEOPLASM DIAGNOSIS 1964-65; /etiology was NEOPLASM ETIOLOGY 1964-65; /immunology was NEOPLASM IMMUNOLOGY 1964-65; /radiotherapy was NEOPLASM RADIOTHERAPY 1964-65; /therapy was NEOPLASM THERAPY 1964-65; NEOPLASM STATISTICS was heading 1964-65; CARCINOGENESIS was heading 1977

Technical Notes: avoid: too general; prefer specifics; policy: Manual section 24; /chem ind permitted but consider also CARCINOGENS; /class: consider also NEOPLASM STAGING (see note there) but "grading" = /pathol; /etiol: consider also ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; /vet: Manual 24.6+ or TN 136; TN 135: MeSH terms for neoplasms classed by tissue; /drug ther: consider also ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS & its specifics; /genet: consider also GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR /immunol: consider also TUMOR ESCAPE; consider also ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM & ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; /microbiol: consider also ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; /nurs = the patient, ONCOLOGIC NURSING = the oncologic specialty; /prev: consider also ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; /radiother = the patient, RADIATION ONCOLOGY = the specialty; consider also BRACHYTHERAPY; /second = NEOPLASM METASTASIS but do not confuse with NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; familial: consider also NEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, HEREDITARY; metastatic cancer of unknown origin: index under NEOPLASM METASTASIS; Tumor Key: TN Suppl