The Macmillan Weight and Eating studies surveyed over 300 patients and found that over two thirds of patients have difficulty with family members regarding eating habits and weight loss. Prof Jane Hopkinson led part of the studies and reported two key findings: 1.) The patient’s need to...

Talking with ecancer at the European Oncology Nursing Society annual meeting in Geneva, Jane Cockle-Hearne addresses the issues surrounding the supportive care of men with prostate cancer. The main issue addressed is the lack of consensus on guidelines on how to support men with prostate...

Francoise Charnay Sonnek discusses the importance of knowledge transfer in cancer care and cancer management. There is a great need to develop specific and continuing education programmes for nurses and young scientists, as on average a person only retains 7% of information from a lesson...