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Nursing Care for Metastatic Bone Cancer: Trends for the Future

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  • Debra Penrod

    (Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA)

  • Brandon Hirsch

    (Radiological Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62920, USA)

Abstract

To effectively treat patients and minimize viral exposure, oncology nurses and radiology departments during COVID-19 had to re-examine the ability to offer palliative radiation treatments to people with metastatic bone cancer. Decreasing potential exposure to the virus resulted in extra measures to keep patients and personnel safe. Limiting radiotherapy treatments, social distancing, and limiting caregivers were a few of the ways that oncology patients were impacted by the pandemic. Hypofractionated radiation therapy (HFRT), or the delivery of fewer higher-dose treatments, was a method of providing care but also limiting exposure to infection for immunocompromised patients as well as healthcare staff. As oncology radiation centers measure the impact of patient care during the pandemic, a trend toward HFRT may occur in treating the painful symptoms of bone cancer. In anticipation that HFRT may be increasingly used in patient treatment plans, oncology nurses should consider patient perspectives and outcomes from the pandemic to further determine how to manage future trends in giving personalized care, and supportive care.

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  • Debra Penrod & Brandon Hirsch, 2023. "Nursing Care for Metastatic Bone Cancer: Trends for the Future," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(15), pages 1-10, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:15:p:6483-:d:1207423
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