Purpose/Objectives: To better understand the experience of venous thromboembolism (VTE) from the points of view of patients with cancer during various stages of the cancer experience. Research Approach: Qualitative, descriptive. Setting: Various inpatient and outpatient units of a large urban...

Purpose/Objectives: To understand how women aged 70 years and older who had recently undergone treatment for early-stage breast cancer experienced treatment decision making. Research Approach: Qualitative, descriptive study guided by grounded theory. Setting: Participants' houses and apartments in...

Purpose/Objectives: To review physician, patient, and contextual factors that affect treatment decision making in older adults diagnosed with cancer, and to relate those factors to theoretical models of decision making. Data Sources: PubMed (1966 to April 2010), PsycINFO (1967 to April 2010) and...

More cancer therapies are being administered via an oral route. This paradigm shift in providing cancer treatment has been met with both excitement and significant challenges for oncology practitioners. Multiple factors can impact the ability for patients to initiate and stay on oral cancer therapy...