Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

Background: Observational research methods are important for understanding people's
actions, roles and behaviour. However, these techniques are underused generally in …

Purpose Virtual reality (VR) during chemotherapy has resulted in an elapsed time
compression effect, validating the attention diversion capabilities of VR. Using the framework …

This book is about cultural models. Cultural models are defined as molar organizations of
knowledge. Their internal structure consists of a'core'component and'peripheral'nodes that …

What does it mean to personalise cancer medicine? Personalised cancer medicine explores
this question by foregrounding the experiences of patients, carers and practitioners in the …

The aim of this review was to systematically identify, appraise and synthesise qualitative
research evidence on the experience of adult cancer patients living with chemotherapy …

Numerous observers have commented on the cultural prominence of breast cancer in North
America. However, although popular and biomedical conceptions of cancer survivorship …

Biomedicine is often presented as the driving force behind improvements in cancer care,
with genomics the latest innovation poised to change the meaning, diagnosis, treatment …

Purpose The main aim of the study was to explore the expectations and knowledge of
advanced-stage cancer patients about immunotherapy. Methods This mixed methods study …

Immunotherapy is heralded as the 'fifth pillar'of cancer therapy, after surgery, radiotherapy,
chemotherapy and genomic medicine. It involves 'harnessing'patients' own immune system …