Cancer

Explore this section of Nursing Times for the latest policy, workforce and research news on cancer, plus clinical articles and opinion

‘Consistent access to trusted support is key to improving outcomes’

Sally Kum

The breast cancer workforce has been under increasing pressure for many years, and for the first time, we are hearing healthcare professionals raise concerns not only over patients’ experiences and access to timely treatment, but also around the wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues, including how they are experiencing burnout…

‘The major conditions strategy is to be welcomed on several counts’

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Poor health arises from living with at least one of six major health conditions: cancer, cardiovascular diseases (including stroke and diabetes), chronic respiratory diseases, dementia, mental ill health and musculoskeletal disorders. Many of these conditions do not exist alone and people experience multiple morbidity of two or more of these.…

‘In practice nursing I found dream job, it feels like home to me’

Nurse and poet Natasha Evans

I’m Natasha, I’m a mother of two young children, a fiancée and a practice nurse who qualified in January 2019. I have loved many roles within nursing, but in practice nursing I found dream job, it feels like home to me and is part of my who I am. I’ve…

‘Targeted lung health checks will improve lung cancer survival’

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This November is Lung Cancer Awareness month, which aims to promote awareness and early diagnosis of the disease. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide (World Health Organization, 2023). But although this is a staggering and worrying statistic for patients and their loved ones, it perhaps does…

‘We can expect much to be promised ahead of the next election’

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The starting gun has been fired. The next general election is most likely many months away but the first serious attempts by the main political parties to garner support have now begun. This is because the autumn party conference season is upon us. The Liberal Democrats are holding theirs in…

‘To keep pace with spiralling demand, cancer care must tackle the deficit of nurses’

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As detection strategies develop, medical research advances and our population ages, cancer patient numbers are escalating, building immense pressure onto health systems and nursing professionals globally. In the UK alone, 3 million people are living with cancer, which is set to balloon to 4 million by just 2030, according to…

‘I hope we can raise awareness of triple-negative breast cancer’

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In around a week and a half, there will be an awareness day about a health condition. No doubt there is one every week and possibly others during the same week that I am talking about. “Friday 3 March 2023 is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day” But the one that…