A study by Groth et al. (2013) identified the impact of insurance status on the delivery of definitive lobectomy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). One-fifth of an estimated 226,000 cases in 2012 presented with early-stage disease (Siegel, Naishadham, & Jemal, 2012). With...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe burden, skills preparedness, and quality of life (QOL) for caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and describe how the findings informed the development of a caregiver palliative care intervention that aims to reduce caregiver burden, improve...

Purpose/Objectives: To examine perceived cognitive effectiveness and worry in individuals with suspected lung cancer before and after surgical resection and to determine any differences between individuals with and without a postoperative diagnosis of lung cancer. Design: A repeated measures...

Nine months prior, S.P., a 64-year-old woman, was diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer with distant metastases to the bone. Her large tumor burden had compressed both her trachea and esophagus several months earlier, leading to gastrostomy-tube placement for nutrition and tracheostomy...