CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Six steps to teaching cancer patients
There are compelling reasons why nurses should be engaged in teaching patients who have...
01 Jul 2013
Use of bevacizumab in patients with advanced or metastatic disease
Over the past ten years there has been a rapid increase in new biological (targeted) anti-...
07 Dec 2012
Bladder cancer: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment
Bladder cancer is a common health problem affecting thousands of people in the UK. People...
13 Sep 2012
Treatment-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: presentation and management
This article aims to increase nurses’ understanding of resorption inhibitor-associated...
11 Jun 2012
Assessment and management of patients with cancer pain
This article aims to update nurses on cancer pain incidence, causes, assessment and...
13 Dec 2011
Bone sarcoma: diagnosis, management and follow up
This article focuses on the diagnosis, management and follow up of patients with bone...
06 Oct 2011
Diagnosis and management of malignant melanoma
Malignant melanoma is the sixth most common cancer in the UK and its incidence is rising,...
08 Sep 2011
An overview of gastric cancer and its management
Gastric (stomach) cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide...
08 Jul 2011
Ovarian cancer: symptoms, treatment and long-term patient management
Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death among women. It has a poor...
10 May 2011
Priorities and challenges in the care of teenagers and young adults
This article focuses on priorities and challenges for practitioners working with teenage and...
09 Feb 2011
Prostate cancer: risk factors, diagnosis and management
This article aims to update nurses on prostate cancer with emphasis on incidence,...
02 Dec 2010
How tailored information is used to help patients who have survived cancer
There are an estimated two million cancer survivors in the UK, many living with the long-...
07 Oct 2010
Treatment of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours
Neuroendocrine tumours are rare, accounting for only 0.5 per cent of all malignancies. This...
08 Sep 2010
Sexuality: raising the issue with patients
Few nurses are confident about discussing sexuality with patients, even when cancer or...
03 Jun 2010
Oral cancer: diagnosis, management and nursing care
Oral cancer is estimated to be the ninth most common cancer worldwide. This article examines...
04 Dec 2009
Lung cancer: causes and management
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the UK and, with poor survival rates, it is...
06 Nov 2009
Cancer survivorship: living with or beyond cancer
An estimated two million people in the UK are living with or beyond cancer – they are cancer...
04 Sep 2009
Understanding patient accounts of body image change
Patients share a variety of accounts of their altered body image experiences associated with...
09 Jul 2009