Effectiveness of dietary fiber experiential learning on bowel symptom after surgery for colorectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Patients with colorectal cancer commonly experience postoperative bowel symptoms, and demand dietary and self-care adjustment. Experiential learning (EL) has been effective in promoting dietary management. This study aimed to investigate the effect of dietary-fiber EL on postoperative bowel symptoms in colorectal cancer patients.

[Treatment Decision-Making Process of Cancer Patients].

The decision-making process that is used by cancer patients to determine their treatment has become more multi-foci, difficult and complicated in recent years. This has in part been attributed to the increasing incidence rate of cancer in Taiwan and the rapid development of medical technologies and treatment modalities. Oncology nurses must assist patients and family to make informed and value-based treatment decisions.

Primary Breast Cancer Decision-making Among Chinese American Women: Satisfaction, Regret.

Background: Decision-making for cancer treatment is a complex, informational process. Lower satisfaction, higher decision regret, and poorer quality of life are potential adverse outcomes.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe breast cancer treatment decision outcomes and examine factors associated with decision outcomes of satisfaction and regret in Chinese American women.