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Conversations With Patients: A Recipe for Providing Better, More Personalized Care

Julie R. Beck
CJON 2018, 22(5), 481-482 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.481-482
The best gift a patient ever gave me was a recipe. It was handwritten on a small piece of lined paper, all in capital letters. The recipe was for zucchini bread and was given to me by Mr. S, a lung cancer survivor in his early 80s who I had been following in the cancer survivorship clinic that I...
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Distress and Supportive Care Needs of Ethnically Diverse Older Adults With Advanced or Recurrent Cancer

Hilda Haynes-Lewis
Margaret F. Clayton
Shankar Viswanathan
Alyson Moadel-Robblee
Lauren Clark
Michael Caserta
ONF 2018, 45(4), 496-507 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.496-507
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of supportive care needs (SCNs) and distress and to describe relationships among these and patient characteristics for ethnically diverse older adults with advanced or recurrent cancer. Sample & Setting: Cross-sectional survey in five outpatient oncology...
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Interprofessional Team Recommendations for Older Adult Women With Breast Cancer

Janine Overcash
CJON 2018, 22(3), 304-315 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.304-315
Background: Geriatric oncology incorporates comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and traditional oncology care. Objectives: The aims are to identify limitations reflected by mean scores on the CGA instruments and describe the CGA recommendations documented in the medical record. Methods: CGA...
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Factors Associated With Poor Sleep in Older Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Janine Overcash
Alai Tan
Keya Patel
Anne M. Noonan
ONF 2018, 45(3), 359-371 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.359-371
Objectives: To determine the relationship among gait, grip strength, cognition, depression, pain, and fatigue, and to identify which variables are most predictive of poor sleep. Sample & Setting: 60 women with breast cancer aged 69 years or older who were receiving treatment in the Senior Adult...
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Symptom Self-Management: Strategies Used by Older Adults Receiving Treatment for Cancer

Victoria Wochna Loerzel
CJON 2018, 22(1), 83-90 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.83-90
Background: Older adults are at high risk for cancer treatment–related symptoms but often accept them as inevitable. This may have a negative impact on patient outcomes. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to examine symptom self-management strategies used by older adults receiving cancer...
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