Symptomatic adverse events of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients:Using CTCAE, PRO-CTCAE, and EORTC QLQ-C30.

Background: The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) is used as a tool to evaluate the adverse events (AE) of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Since CTCAE by medical providers underestimates AE more than patient-reported outcomes (PRO), the National Cancer Institute developed PRO-CTCAE. The present study investigated differences between symptoms detected using CTCAE by medical providers and PRO-CTCAE by breast cancer patients.

Assessment of dyspnea, ADL, and QOL in the perioperative period in lung cancer patients treated with minimally invasive surgery.

Objective: Patients with lung cancer generally undergo minimally invasive surgery, such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This study examined the changes in health conditions and symptoms of patients with lung cancer using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ) C-30 questionnaires after surgery.

Methods: This was a longitudinal descriptive study.

Psychological Adjustment and Related Factors in Patients with Recurrence/Metastatic Lung Cancer after Curative Surgery.

The purpose of study was to clarify the psychological adjustment and related factors in lung cancer patients with recurrence/metastasis after curative surgery. Forty-one with lung cancer who were informed of a recurrence/metastasis after curative surgery completed a questionnaire comprised of the Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale (MAC), Psychological Adjustment scale for Cancer Survivors (PACS), and information pertaining to demographic variables. When healthcare providers intervene in patients with lung cancer that has recurred/metastasized after curative surgery, it is necessary to assess patients' psychological adjustment based on demographic information, such as age, sex, marital status, and employment status, and to provide effective support promptly.

Resilience in cancer care : What should nurses do?

Cancer is a serious threat to human health worldwide. Attention to the quality of life (QoL) of cancer patients is increasingly recognized as an important component of and a fundamental task in cancer care. Recent studies illustrate that resilience is a key biological factor affecting cancer patients' health status and QoL.

Impact of a web-based educational program on Japanese nurses tobacco cessation practice and attitudes in oncology settings.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of a short web-based educational program on Japanese nurses' self-reported attitudes toward tobacco cessation and their use of interventions to help smokers to quit.

Design: Prospective, single-group design with a pre-educational survey, a short web-based educational program, and a follow-up survey at 3 months.

Methods: Clinical nurses were asked to view two prerecorded webcasts about helping smokers quit.

The Development of the Arm Fixation Method to Prevent Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain in Patients Undergoing Lung Resection.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of a new upper limb fixation method-body pillow position for preventing postoperative ipsilateral shoulder pain (ISP) in patients undergoing lung resection.

Design: An experimental study design was used.

Methods: We conducted two comparisons (group A: the previous position using the arm fixation device; group B: the body pillow position) at random and examined an arm fixation method that is effective for ISP prophylaxis in patients undergoing surgery in the lateral decubitus position.

Relationship between Older persons with cancer' Coping Attitudes and Mental Adjustment.

Objective Purpose is to examine the relationship between older persons with cancer coping attitudes and patterns of mental adjustment during treatment. Methods : Coping attitudes and patterns of mental adjustment were measured using an original questionnaire and the Mental Adjustment Cancer Scale (MAC) in 193 patients with cancer aged 65 or over under treatment with surgical therapy, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. Results : The mean scores for "Do my best to cope with cancer" ,"Make my own decisions on treatment" in coping attitudes showed a significant positive correlation with [fighting spirit] scores in MAC, and "Cancer is just a part of my life", "At my age, no complaint about cancer development", "Face cancer in an easy-going manner", "Do my best to cope with cancer" "Be anxious about my future" were significantly correlated with [fatalism] scores.

Treatment-associated symptoms and coping of postoperative patients with lung cancer in Japan: Development of a model of factors influencing hope.

Aim: Postoperative patients with lung cancer have a high recurrence rate and poor prognosis; hence, it was aimed to identify the factors affecting hope to develop a care-oriented perspective that focuses on the levels of hope of postoperative patients with lung cancer.

Methods: In the study, postoperative patients with lung cancer were included and data were collected for treatment-related symptoms, coping, and support-related factors as the primary variables. The Herth Hope Index, Quality of Life Questionnaire Lung Cancer Module of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Japanese version of the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, and Social Support Scale for Cancer Patients were used.

Ipsilateral shoulder pain in patients following lung resection in the decubitus position.

Aims And Objectives: To examine the frequency, influencing factors and clinical course of shoulder pain in patients following lung resection.

Background: Thoracoscopes have been introduced in the surgical treatment of lung cancer and allow for less invasive surgery with a minimal incision. However, decubitus position-related shoulder pain on the operated side has not yet been investigated.