{"title":"Gastric cancer: Nursing care and impact.","authors":"Tammie J Coffman","doi":"10.1097/NSG.0000000000000123","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Patients with gastric cancer experience symptoms that impact adequate nutritional intake. Delayed diagnosis may result in advanced disease. Surgery, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and radiotherapy comprise interventions. This article discusses gastric cancer incidence and risks, treatment approaches, and nursing management of patients with gastric cancer, including advanced care planning for patients with terminal diagnoses.</p>","PeriodicalId":35641,"journal":{"name":"Nursing","volume":"55 1","pages":"16-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NSG.0000000000000123","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/20 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Nursing","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract: Patients with gastric cancer experience symptoms that impact adequate nutritional intake. Delayed diagnosis may result in advanced disease. Surgery, chemotherapy, biologic therapy, and radiotherapy comprise interventions. This article discusses gastric cancer incidence and risks, treatment approaches, and nursing management of patients with gastric cancer, including advanced care planning for patients with terminal diagnoses.
期刊介绍:
Nursing2020 (ISSN 0360-4039; online ISSN 1538-8689) published its first issue in November 1971, under founders Gene W. Jackson and Daniel Cheney. In the intervening years, its circulation has grown to over 150,000, making it one of the largest nursing journals in the world. Published monthly, Nursing2020 is widely regarded as offering current, practical contents to its readers, and has won many editorial awards testifying to the quality of its copy and graphics. The editorial and clinical staff, a 19-member Editorial Board of distinguished clinicians and practitioners, and over 100 invited reviewers help ensure the quality of this publication.