Purpose Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has a high symptom burden and poor survival.
Evidence from other cancer types suggests some benefit in health-related quality of life (…

Objectives Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive malignancy of mesothelial surfaces,
most commonly those of the pleura. The aim of this study was to understand, using a national …

Mesothelioma is a rare, life-limiting and aggressive cancer with a high symptom burden.
This article explores the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the …

Purpose The covid-19 global pandemic has impacted on nurses who have rapidly adapted
to new ways of working, and experienced negative impacts due to over-stretched services. …

Introduction: Since publication of NICE guidelines in 2000 RALC has become standard
practice. These clinics target service towards diagnosis of lung cancer, with streamlined …

Conclusions: The most comprehensive information available to UK patients and carers
searching online about MHWB and mesothelioma comes from the USA, so may not be …

Conclusion: Despite a fall in the number of lung cancer referrals during the Covid-19
pandemic, we did not see a fall in the pick-up rate of lung cancer, and this is partly due to an …

Introduction The Department of Health recommends 75% of patients diagnosed with lung
cancer should have histology confirmed(1). We review patients in our area with clinical …

Introduction: clinic (2004) showing a very good response. We have, now, re-surveyed patients’
satisfaction five years later (2009) using the same questionnaire to assess whether we …

Screening for psychopathology is desirable in many settings where routine administration of
full assessment batteries is not practical or cost efficient. The Personality Assessment …