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International Journal of Research in Nursing

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Special issue · International Journal of Research in NursingClosed, in review

Key & Practical Nursing Care for Cancer Patients

Guest editors: Pegah Matourypour, Imane Bagheri, Azam Ghorbani, Fatemeh Bakhshi, Mahboobeh Shali and Golnar Ghane · KPNC-20Its last articles are still in review; they appear here as they are published.
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Important dates

  1. Call opens14 Oct 2020 · done
  2. Submission deadline15 Mar 2021 · done
  3. Collection complete30 Jun 2021 · done

About this special issue

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. Globally, about 1 in 6 deaths is due to cancer. Approximately 70% of deaths from cancer occur in low- and middle-income countries. It’s a chronic disease with different treatments that have exhausting complications. Proper care and management with considering nurses key role, can improve outcomes and quality of life in these patients. Understanding new knowledge and interventions in relieving signs and symptoms with evidence base perspective can improve outcomes in these patients.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  1. Cancers, complications and nursing care
  2. Chemotherapy, complications and nursing care
  3. Radiotherapy, complications and nursing care
  4. The role of complementary and alternative Medicine as a care in cancers

Guest editors

  • Pegah Matourypour · lead guest editorMedical-Surgical Nursing Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Imane BagheriDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Azam GhorbaniMedical-Surgical Nursing Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Fatemeh BakhshiMedical-Surgical Nursing Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Mahboobeh ShaliCritical Care Nursing and Management Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Golnar GhaneMedical-Surgical Nursing Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Published so far

Each accepted article is published in the journal’s next regular issue as soon as its author approves the proof, and appears here.

No articles yetThe first articles appear here when they are published.