How do specialist breast nurses help breast cancer patients at follow-up?

M Jiwa, G Halkett, K Deas, P Ward, M O'Connor… - Collegian, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: As the proportion of survivors from breast cancer increases it is possible
that follow-up care could be delivered wholly by generalists to relieve over subscribed …

'Dropped from the system': the experiences and challenges of long‐term breast cancer survivors

H Matthews, H Semper - Journal of advanced nursing, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aim of this study was to explore breast cancer patients' experiences during
survivorship. Particular attention is given to the role of specialist breast care nurses in …

Understanding women's perspectives and information needs about shared follow-up care for early breast cancer: a qualitative study

V White, C Der Vartanian, F Tansley, A Ugalde - Family practice, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Shared breast cancer follow-up care involving a breast cancer specialist and a
general practitioner (GP) has been demonstrated to be effective, yet barriers to participation …

Follow-up care after breast cancer treatment: experiences and perceptions of service provision and provider interactions in rural Australian women

S Lawler, K Spathonis, J Masters, J Adams… - Supportive Care in …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose This study aims to explore and examine experiences and perceptions of follow-up
care (medical and psychosocial) after active treatment for breast cancer among women …

Follow-up in women with breast cancer: the patients' perspective

JP Renton, CJ Twelves, FAP Yuille - The Breast, 2002 - Elsevier
We surveyed the opinions of patients on routine follow-up for early breast cancer to assess
their satisfaction with current breast cancer follow-up arrangements, establish the issues that …

Coping, meaning and symptom experience: A narrative approach to the overwhelming impacts of breast cancer in the first year following diagnosis

M Tighe, A Molassiotis, J Morris… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Purpose Women's experience of breast cancer treatment is a complex feature of survival
which reflects and impacts upon the quality of their inter-personal relationships. We aimed to …

Scope of practice of the breast care nurse: a comparison of health professional perspectives

L Jones, L Leach, S Chambers, S Occhipinti - European Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM: The Breast Care Nurse (BCN) supports people with breast cancer, co-ordinating
services, and providing information and psychosocial support, yet there is ambiguity …

Establishing an evidence base for the specialist breast nurse: A model for Australian breast cancer care

B Liebert, M Parle, K White, A Rodger - Australian Health Review, 2001 - CSIRO Publishing
The unmet needs of women with breast cancer have been extensively documented. In the
United Kingdom, theintroduction of the specialist breast nurse (SBN) role has been one …

Living with newly diagnosed breast cancer: a qualitative study of 10 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer

BT Landmark, A Wahl - Journal of advanced nursing, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Aim. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe from the perspective of 10 women
(aged 39–69 years), their experience of living with breast cancer. Background. Although …

Transitional experiences of women with breast cancer within the first year following diagnosis

L McCann, N Illingworth, Y Wengström… - Journal of clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives. To explore the experiences of 12 women with breast cancer, involved
in a large longitudinal qualitative study designed to explore the experiences of people with …