Open AccessThe Art of Living With Symptoms: A Qualitative Study Among Patients With Primary Brain Tumors Receiving Proton Beam Therapy
Author(s) -
Ulrica Langegård,
Karin Ahlberg,
Thomas BjörkEriksson,
Per Fransson,
Birgitta Johansson,
Emma OhlssonNevo,
Petra Witt-Nyström,
Katarina Sjövall
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cancer nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1538-9804
pISSN - 0162-220X
DOI - 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000692
Subject(s) - medicine , perspective (graphical) , qualitative research , grounded theory , family medicine , social science , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
Symptom management in conjunction with proton beam therapy (PBT) from patient's perspective has not been explored. Such knowledge is essential to optimize the care in this relatively new treatment modality.