Eilis McCaughan

TL;DR: Specific posttreatment concerns and challenges cannot be viewed as unitary or discrete aspects of life, but should be considered within a biopsychosocial context, to address patients' needs holistically.

TL;DR: The processes and stages identified in this study provide nurses with a framework to assess the readiness of patients to receive information and to assist them in their efforts to regain some control over their disease and their lives.

TL;DR: With the growing impetus to investigate factors associated with psychosocial dysfunction, and considerable advancement in the development and validation of many global and disease-specific measures, there is an opportunity to develop an appropriate clinical intervention program for patients with head and neck cancer.

TL;DR: Men diagnosed with advanced disease do not report substantially different HRQOL outcomes to those diagnosed with localised disease, although considerable problems with hormonal function and fatigue are reported in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy.

TL;DR: Findings indicated that parents are often the gatekeeper to how, when and the context in which children learn about parental cancer, and parents need supported and resourced to promote family coping when diagnosed with cancer.