The Medical Oncology Department is operated from the General Hospital‚ and continues to maintain the importance of providing quality care to the oncology patients and their families. Primarily‚ care rendered at the Department is usually clinical‚ with chemotherapy administration. Weekly outpatient clinics were held on Tuesdays‚ along with monthly outpatient clinics at the Princess Alice Hospital‚ and quarterly outpatient clinic at the Princess Royal Hospital. The Department was appreciative to have
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BACKGROUND • Docetaxel (Taxotere®)‚ formulated with ethanol and polysorbate 80‚ is amongst the most active and widely used cytotoxic agents for the treatment of several types of cancer. Docetaxel in combination with other drugs is still a very good option against also used in treating several additional cancer types. 1-4 • Nanosomal docetaxel lipid suspension (NDLS‚ DoceAqualip) is a novel formulation recently approved in India for various solid tumors. It was developed to improve the safety profile
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edge will last well beyond the life of the BIOMAb product. There are only 300 oncologists in this market Biocon cannot afford to miss. While awaiting Phase 3 approval‚ Biocon can roll out its direct sales force‚ offering its suite of generic oncology drugs. This waiting
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Positive thinking as a basis of oncopsychology The start of the psychooncology is registered as 1975 by Jimmy C. Holland‚ when the understanding of the psychological support to those who was cancer- diagnosed. The meaning of psychooncology or sometimes they call it oncopsychology‚ originally was started from telling the cancer- diagnosis to the patient. In USA special stuff was assigned who would tell the diagnosis initially to the patient. However there are lots of other cases that should be dealt
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Cited: American Cancer Society (ACS). 2014. Cancer Statistics 2013. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.org/research/cancerfactsstatistics/cancerfactsfigures2013/acspc-037389 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). 2013. Stages of Cancer. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer/treating-cancer/stages-cancer Lewis‚ S. M. (2007). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. St. Louis‚ Mo: Mosby Elsevier. Mayo
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8700629 1 8700629 Teacher B Period 1 3 December 2010 Brain Cancer in Children Brain Cancer is a common disease amongst children today. There is a lot of information concerning brain cancer‚ available to anyone who wishes to learn more of the disease. There are different types of brain tumors. As a matter of fact‚ there are over 100 types of brain tumors! Cancers of the brain are the result of abnormal growth of cells in the brain. They also can arise from organs that contain cancer
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Cancer Pain Management Cancer Pain Management Cancer is rapidly becoming a chronic illness‚ and an estimated that 10 million individuals in the United States are survivors of cancer (Sun‚ Borneman‚ Piper‚ Koczywas‚ & Ferrell‚ 2008). According to 2008‚ cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society‚ about 565‚650 people die in the United States from cancer every year. Approximately 1.6 million new cases of cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United
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The purpose of this post is to examine a critical thinking situation presented on an oncology unit. I will then answer the questions given to understand key issues‚ dimensions of power‚ possible solutions‚ communication techniques‚ delegation‚ and charge nurse options. In any hospital unit there is a designated charge nurse responsible for running the unit for a given time period. Every charge nurse has the fundamental task of delegation‚ which needs to be effective to get the work done with quality
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Radiotherapy Introduction One third of people in Britain will develop cancer at some time during their lives and about half are cured. Opportunities for active treatment are increasing‚ with improvements in radiotherapy and chemotherapy and the development of novel biological and molecular treatment approaches. Of all cancer patients - 22% are cured by surgery‚ 18% by radiotherapy and 5% by chemotherapy alone or in combination with surgery or radiotherapy. Radiotherapy remains the most effective
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from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rzh&AN=2012167333&site=ehost-live Meredith‚ S. M. (2013). Disparities in Breast Cancer and the Role of Patient Navigator Programs. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing‚ 17(1)‚ 54-59. doi:10.1188/13.CJON.54-59 Sudarsan‚ N.‚ Jandorf‚ L.‚ & Erwin‚ D. (2011). Multi-Site Implementation of Health Education Programs for Latinas. Journal Of Community Health‚ 36(2)‚ 193-203. doi:10.1007/s10900-010-9297-7 Retrieved
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