Purpose/Objectives: To describe the relationship between fatigue and nutritional status in patients receiving radiation therapy for lung cancer. Design: Prospective, observational study. Setting: Radiation therapy department of a large mid-western cancer center. Sample: 45 adults with primary...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe family caregivers’ perceptions of time spent and difficulty experienced with performing specific caregiving tasks for patients with lung cancer. To compare adult child and spousal caregivers in relation to time and difficulty of tasks. Design: A secondary analysis of...

Purpose/Objectives: To determine whether perceptions of quality of life (QOL) change over time in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who receive curative radiation therapy (XRT). Design: Descriptive, longitudinal. Setting: Radiotherapy clinic of a comprehensive cancer center. Sample:...