Oncologic Pain (Breast Cancer)

Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Autotransplantation Require Extra Help

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 11th, 1999

Breast cancer patients scheduled for autotransplantation suffer pain, reduced perceived health status, and psychological distress.

"Future nursing research should be directed toward the implementation and evaluation of interventions that promote the use of comprehensive coping strategies to decrease pain, anxiety, and depression," asserted F. Gaston-Johansson, of Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Maryland, and associates.

They described the characteristics of breast cancer patients undergoing autotransplantation in the September 1999 issue of the journal Oncology Nursing Forum ("Pain, Psychological Distress, Health Status, and Coping in...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1999-10-11)

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