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

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    • Home administration of bortezomib: Making a difference to myeloma patients' lives 

      Meenaghan, Teresa; O'Dwyer, Michael; Hayden, Patrick; Hayat, Amjad; Murray, Margaret; Dowling, Maura (Elsevier, 2009-10-08)
      Multiple myeloma is a clonal malignancy of plasma cells, characterized by anaemia, renal dysfunction, lytic bone lesions and the presence of excess monoclonal immunoglobulin. It is the second most common hematological ...

    • Managing relapsed myeloma: The views of patients, nurses and doctors 

      Cormican, Orlaith; Dowling, Maura (Elsevier, 2016-05-11)
      Purpose: The study aim was to explore whether there were differing opinions on the current management of relapsed myeloma between patients and health care professionals, a topic which has never been explored previously in ...

    • Myeloma patients' experiences of haematopoietic stem cell transplant: A qualitative thematic synthesis 

      Walpole, Geraldine; Clark, Helen; Dowling, Maura (Elsevier, 2018-05-15)
      Purpose: The aim of this study was to synthesise all qualitative evidence on the experiences of myeloma patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).Method: A systematic search strategy was developed and ...

    • 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 ...

    • Promoting quality of life for patients with myeloma 

      Dowling, Maura; Kelly, Mary; Meenaghan, Teresa (RCN Publishing, 2013-08-02)
      This article aims to provide nurses with an update of best practice in caring for patients living with a diagnosis of myeloma. Targeted treatments for myeloma have resulted in extended survival for patients. However, ...