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Financial Toxicity: Management as an Adverse Effect of Cancer Treatment

Kristen L. Fessele
CJON 2017, 21(6), 762-764 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.762-764
Along with many physical and emotional adverse effects associated with cancer therapy, attention has been directed to defining and identifying interventions to manage financial strain that can occur because of high medical payments and reduced income from employment interruption. Nurses can support...
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Feasibility Study of an Online Intervention to Support Male Spouses of Women With Breast Cancer

Wendy Duggleby
Sunita Ghosh
Kelly Struthers-Montford
Cheryl Nekolaichuk
Ceinwen Cumming
Roanne Thomas
Katia Tonkin
Jennifer Swindle
ONF 2017, 44(6), 765-775 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.765-775
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a web-based psychosocial supportive intervention entitled Male Transition Toolkit (MaTT). Design: Randomized, controlled trial, mixed methods, concurrent feasibility design. Setting: Edmonton, a large metropolitan city in western Canada. Sample: 40...
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The Content Validity of a Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Patient-Reported Outcome Measure

Ellen M. Lavoie Smith
Rylie Haupt
James P. Kelly IV
Deborah Lee
Grace Kanzawa-Lee
Robert Knoerl
Celia Bridges
Paola Alberti
Nusara Prasertsri
Clare Donohoe
ONF 2017, 44(5), 580-588 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.580-588
Purpose/Objectives: To test the content validity of a 16-item version of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire–Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (QLQ-CIPN20). Research Approach: Cross-sectional, prospective, qualitative design...
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Patterns of Hand Grip Strength and Detection of Strength Loss in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Feasibility Study

Cindy A. Sayre
Basia Belza
Kathleen Shannon Dorcy
Elizabeth Phelan
JoAnne D. Whitney
ONF 2017, 44(5), 606-614 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.606-614
Purpose/Objectives: To determine the feasibility of measuring hand grip strength (HGS) daily in a population of recipients of bone marrow transplantation (BMT), to describe changes in strength measured by HGS, and to describe relationships between laboratory values (hematocrit, hemoglobin, and...
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Conceptual Issues Surrounding Body Image for Oncology Nurses

Bethany A. Rhoten
ONF 2017, 44(5), 534-536 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.534-536
Cancer and its treatment can uniquely influence survivors’ body image. Oncology nurses should understand how this quality-of-life issue can affect patients. To better understand the body image experiences of patients with cancer, this article will present a historic overview of body image...
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