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Palliative Care and Phase 1 Trials: Intervention to Improve Quality of Life and Provide Education

Betty R. Ferrell
Vincent Chung
Marianna Koczywas
Anna Cathy Williams
Denise Gallagher
Patricia Fischer
Thomas J. Smith
CJON 2017, 21(4), 473-479 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.473-479
Background: Patients in phase 1 clinical trials often have significant symptom burdens and quality-of-life concerns that increase as they progress along the cancer trajectory and experience drug toxicities from the clinical trial. Objectives: The interdisciplinary intervention described is aimed at...
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Feasibility of Mind–Body Movement Programs for Cancer Survivors

Kristine K. Browning
Jennifer Kue
Felisha Lyons
Janine Overcash
ONF 2017, 44(4), 446-456 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.446-456
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate mind–body movement exercise (MBME) classes (yoga, tai chi, and Qigong) for cancer survivors. Design: A single-group, repeated-measures design. Setting: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. Sample: 33 adult...
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Supportive Care

Integrative Palliative Care: Complementary Medicine in Oncology

Eran Ben-Arye
Yifat Katz
Daphna Wolf
Noah Samuels
CJON 2017, 21(3), 290-293 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.290-293
This article presents the collaborative effort of two complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) professionals caring for three patients with cancer. The challenges facing the integration of CIM in an oncology setting are addressed, and the collaboration between the two CIM practitioners is...
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Conceptual Foundations

Conceptual Issues Surrounding Quality of Life in Oncology Nursing

Marie Flannery
ONF 2017, 44(3), 285-287 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.285-287
Quality of life (QOL) is a critical, prevalent, and enduring concept in oncology nursing research and practice. QOL is a paramount issue in the consideration of treatment, goal planning, and decision making for individuals with cancer, their families, and their care providers. Journals, well-...
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Perspectives

Survivorship: How to Survive Cancer and Still Lose Your Life

Yvette Colón
CJON 2017, 21(2), 147-148 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.147-148
Cancer survivorship implies that the cancer has been treated and the survivor can return to his or her precancer life. The term fails to acknowledge the radical change to the person’s mind, body, and spirit, nor does it address the diminished quality of life that can occur secondary to treatment...
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