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Relationship Between Fatigue and Nutritional Status in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy to Treat Lung Cancer

Patricia Beach
Bettina M. Siebeneck
Nancy Fenn Buderer
Tina Ferner
ONF 2001, 1027-1031 DOI:
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...
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Caregiving Tasks Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Lung Cancer

Tamilyn Bakas
Rebecca R. Lewis
Jayne E. Parsons
ONF 2001, 847-854 DOI:
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...
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Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lauri D. John
ONF 2001, 807-813 DOI:
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:...
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Effects of Home-Based Exercise Training for Patients With Lung Cancer

Ya-Qing Wang
Xin Liu
Ying-Ying Yin
Rui-Chen Ma
Zhuo Yang
Hui-Ping Cao
Jiao Xie
ONF 2019, 46(4), E119-E134 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E119-E134
Problem Identification: To investigate the effectiveness of home-based exercise training on exercise capacity, dyspnea, anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Literature Search: A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Central Register of Randomized Controlled Trials...
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Exploring Stigma Among Lung Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Literature Review

Lisa A. Webb
Karen Kane McDonnell
Swann Arp Adams
Rachel E. Davis
Tisha M. Felder
ONF 2019, 46(4), 402-418 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.402-418
Problem Identification: Lung cancer survivors face many challenges that affect their quality of life and survival. A growing concern is the layered effect of stigma related to cigarette smoking and the perceived life-threatening diagnosis of lung cancer. This experience may affect lung cancer...
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