Browsing College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences by Subject "Cancer"

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    • Lymphoma survivors' experiences at the end of treatment 

      Hackett, Fidelma; Dowling, Maura (Wiley, 2018-09-04)
      Aims and Objectives To explore lymphoma survivors’ experiences on their end of treatment and follow‐up care at a large urban haematology centre in Ireland. Methods This was a qualitative study using semistructured ...

    • Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) and cancer: tumour specific delivery vehicles or therapeutic targets? 

      Dwyer, Róisín M.; Kerin, Michael J. (Mary Ann Liebert, 2010-09-30)
      Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a subset of nonhematopoietic multipotent cells found primarily within the bone marrow stroma. The ability of MSCs to specifically home to sites of tumors and their metastases, while escaping ...

    • Myeloma: making sense of a complex blood cancer 

      Kelly, Mary; Meenaghan, Teresa; Dowling, Maura (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2010)
      Myeloma is a challenging blood cancer characterized by bone destruction, hypercalcaemia, renal insufficiency and anaemia. Although myeloma remains incurable, recent advancements in treatments have resulted in significant ...

    • Patients’ lived experience of myeloma 

      Kelly, Mary; Dowling, Maura (RCN Publishing, 2011-03-16)
      Aim To explore patients’ lived experience of being diagnosed with myeloma. Method A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was adopted to analyse data from interviews with 11 patients diagnosed with myeloma. Findi ...

    • Survivorship care for postmenopausal breast cancer patients in Ireland: What do women want? 

      Meade, Elizabeth; McIlfatrick, Sonja; Groarke, Ann Marie; Butler, Eimear; Dowling, Maura (Elsevier, 2017-04-01)
      Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the concerns of postmenopausal breast cancer patients in Ireland and inform the development of a survivorship care plan.Method: A qualitative participatory approach was used. ...

    • Vitamin D supplementation and clinical outcomes in cancer survivorship 

      Griffin, Niamh; Dowling, Maura (Mark Allen Healthcare, 2018-10-22)
      Increasing evidence points to the role of vitamin D supplementation in cancer management. A comprehensive search of online databases was undertaken for all research studies relating to vitamin D supplementation in cancer ...