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Clinical Application of Chinese Herbal Injection for Cancer Care: Evidence-Mapping of the Systematic Reviews, Meta-analyses, and Randomized Controlled Trials

open access: yesFrontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Background and objective: Cancer is a life-threatening disease worldwide and current standard therapy cannot fulfill all clinical needs. Chinese herbal injections have been widely used for cancer in Chinese and Western hospitals in China.
Ming Yang   +17 more
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Cancer, a relational disease: Exploring the needs of relatives to cancer patients

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2019
Purpose: In this qualitative interview study we investigated the experiences of family members to cancer patients. Our objective was to explore and to differentiate their needs from the needs of cancer patients.
Ulrika Sandén   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Attributes Matter Most in Physicians? Exploratory Findings from a Single-Centre Survey of Stakeholder Priorities in Cancer Care at a Canadian Academic Cancer Centre

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2023
Background: Limited research exists regarding how healthcare stakeholders prioritize the importance of differing physician attributes in oncologists. Identifying these priorities can help ensure that Canadian cancer care continues to meet the needs of ...
Deepro Chowdhury   +4 more
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Patterns of treatment in older patients with newly diagnosed advanced bladder cancer: A SEER dataset analysis

open access: yesAging and Cancer, 2022
Background Bladder cancer is one of the top 10 cancers diagnosed in Americans with a median age of 73. This is the patient population that tends to be older with multiple medical conditions, and previously described variability in treatment in the ...
Elizabeth R. Kessler   +4 more
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The Feasibility and Effects of a Telehealth-Delivered Home-Based Prehabilitation Program for Cancer Patients during the Pandemic

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2021
Patients awaiting cancer treatment were classified as “vulnerable” and advised to shield to protect themselves from exposure to coronavirus during the pandemic. These measures can negatively impact patients.
Fiona Wu   +3 more
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Misbehaving Bodies: exhibiting illness

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2021
The essay explores the process of curating Misbehaving Bodies: Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, an exhibition held at Wellcome Collection from May 2019 until January 2020.
George Vasey
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cancer Care in a German Comprehensive Cancer Center

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the German government implemented legal restrictions to avoid the overloading of intensive care units by patients with COVID-19.
Johanna Kirchberg   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

LGBTQI Inclusive Cancer Care: A Discourse Analytic Study of Health Care Professional, Patient and Carer Perspectives

open access: yesFrontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundAwareness of the specific needs of LGBTQI cancer patients has led to calls for inclusivity, cultural competence, cultural safety and cultural humility in cancer care.
Jane M. Ussher   +4 more
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Quality of Cancer Care in Switzerland: Going Beyond Traditional Quality Indicators by Collecting Patient-Reported Experiences of Cancer Care

open access: yesPublic Health Reviews, 2022
Background: High-quality cancer care should be effective, safe, accessible, efficient, equitable, and responsive to patients’ needs. In Switzerland, information on the safety and effectiveness of cancer care is available, but not on responsiveness ...
Chantal Arditi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of End-of-Life Cancer Care in Canada: A 12-Year Retrospective Analysis of Three Provinces’ Administrative Health Care Data Evaluating Changes over Time

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2021
This retrospective cohort study of cancer decedents during 2004–2015 examined end-of-life cancer care quality indicators (QIs) in the provinces of British Columbia (BC), Ontario, and Nova Scotia (NS).
Amanda Farah Khan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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