{"title":"The Role of General Practitioners Across the Cancer Continuum Using the Caring Life-Course Theory.","authors":"Carolyn Ee, Betty Kandagor, Catherine Paterson, Kylie Vuong","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>General Practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role across the cancer continuum, from prevention and early detection to end-of-life care. GPs provide comprehensive care that addresses a broad spectrum of health issues rather than a specific disease. Elements such as person-centeredness, continuity of care and whole-person care define the specialty of general practice. Other characteristics, such as expertise in managing uncertainty, undifferentiated illness and complexity, care coordination and teamwork, facilitate its evolution as a specialty.</p><p><strong>Procedures: </strong>This paper uses the Caring Life-Course Theory as a theoretical framework to discuss the role of GPs in cancer care. We explore the barriers and enablers of providing optimal care in general practice for people diagnosed with cancer on an micro-, meso- and macro-level using the Caring Life-Course Theory.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The fundamentals of care framework aligns with the key characteristics of general practice namely first contact care, comprehensive care, continuity of care, person-centeredness and whole-person care. General practice is underpinned by a long-term therapeutic partnership with the patient, the ability to meet a range of care needs simultaneously, and an understanding of the context in which care is taking place. GPs provide care across the life course, facilitate self-care, care from others and care for others, assess care needs at transitions during the cancer continuum, and maintain a detailed care biography of the patient.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adequate funding of longer consultations to facilitate the delivery of complex care, and expansion of multidisciplinary primary care teams, is required to sustain the delivery of quality cancer care in general practice.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>There is significant opportunity to enhance the role of primary care nursing in delivery of cancer care in general practice, but this must be supported by enablers across all levels of care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152022"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145182332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What are the Key Components of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Led High-Risk Family History Breast Clinic? A Scoping Review.","authors":"Lisa Marie Cadden, Carla O'Neill, Mary Ryder","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To identify what is known in the existing literature about the key components of an advanced nurse practitioner led high-risk family history breast clinic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This scoping review adheres the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review framework and reported in line with the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. A systematic search of 4 databases including CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus and PsychINFO and sources of grey literature was conducted in October 2024 and December 2024. Data was extracted, synthesised and presented in narrative and table format.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven papers met the inclusion criteria. Two themes emerged from the literature, risk assessment to determine breast cancer risk and the psychological impact of risk realisation on the patient and the nurse.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This scoping review aimed to identify the key components of an advanced nurse practitioner led high risk family history breast clinic. Two key components emerged from the literature namely risk assessment and the psychological impact of risk realisation. This review also identifies the recommended clinical outcomes following the identification of women at high risk for developing breast cancer. This review also aimed to identify the gaps in the literature regarding the role of the nurse within these clinics. The management of women identified to have psychological distress as a consequence of risk realisation.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Advanced nurse practitioners are well placed to lead the care of women at high-risk of developing breast cancer utilising a holistic approach, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152018"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145180366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elise Button, Angela Rong Yang Zhang, Carla Thamm, Raymond J Chan, Andreas Charalambous, Carolyn Ee, Greg Merlo, Gemma McErlean, Benjamin O Anderson, Alison L Kitson
{"title":"The Australian Cancer Plan through a Caring Life Course Lens: Moving from Cancer to Care by Placing the Person at the Center of Care.","authors":"Elise Button, Angela Rong Yang Zhang, Carla Thamm, Raymond J Chan, Andreas Charalambous, Carolyn Ee, Greg Merlo, Gemma McErlean, Benjamin O Anderson, Alison L Kitson","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We propose the Caring Life Course Theory (CLCT) as a lens that can inform and enrich national cancer policy and clinical practice. The purpose of this discussion paper is to highlight how a CLCT lens can inform the implementation of a national cancer control plan, using sections of the Australian Cancer Plan as examples-Optimal Care Pathways and the Australian Comprehensive Cancer Network.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This discussion paper presents novel suggestions by drawing on CLCT concepts-care biographies, care networks, and self-care. Contrasting \"current state\" and \"future state\" vignettes are described to demonstrate how CLCT can help cancer policy move from cancer to care. Based on a robust theoretical lens, recommendations for policy and practice have been made at the micro, meso, and macro levels, with reflection on the nurses' role, and application to other national cancer control plans.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Optimal care pathways should include holistic assessments that incorporate broader histories at key clinical time points. The Australian Comprehensive Care Network should consider the holistic needs of people affected by cancer, and harness innovative approaches for how these needs can be met in a networked approach. In addition to clinical considerations, understanding of an individual's care biography, care network, and self-care can inform the delivery of high-quality cancer care. Implementation of these aspects of care will be led by nurses, supported by a multidisciplinary team.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A CLCT lens can help support implementation of the aspirational person-centered objectives described in the ACP. The potential exists for application of the CLCT approach to other national cancer control plans, including those in low-resource settings.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Nurses play a vital role in leading the implementation of person-centered dimensions of cancer control plans and core aspects of the CLCT approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152020"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145180332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Abene, Liming Huang, Barbara A Murphy, Jie Deng
{"title":"Managing Lymphedema and Fibrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: A Data Analysis on Self-Care Behaviors.","authors":"Jessica Abene, Liming Huang, Barbara A Murphy, Jie Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Head and neck cancer survivors (HNCS) often face lymphedema and fibrosis (LEF) post-treatment, which require long-term self-management to minimize LEF progression and its negative impact on quality of life. This secondary data analysis aims to evaluate self-care, LEF status, and symptom burden among HNCS, and to examine the associations among self-care status, LEF status, and symptom burden in HNCS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Descriptive statistics summarized the sample and variable distributions. Bivariate analysis assessed associations between variables. Multiple linear regression tested for associations, incorporating moderators including health literacy, self-efficacy, anxiety, and depression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most participants (N = 59) were non-Hispanic (98.3%), White (89.8%), and males (83.1%). On average, participants had 2.68 anatomical sites affected by LEF in the head and neck region and spent 20.29 minutes daily on self-care. Participants spent more time (minutes per day) on self-care when their LEF was more severe (P < .05). Participants with worse symptom burden spent more time (minutes per day) conducting self-care activities (P < .05). Self-efficacy moderated the relationship between time spent on self-care and the number of sites involved with LEF. Furthermore, anxiety and depression moderated the relationship between time spent on self-care and symptom burden.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>HNCS with more severe LEF and worse symptom burden spent more time on self-care. Self-efficacy, anxiety, and depression may moderate self-care behaviors. Findings highlight the importance of self-care management strategies to address self-efficacy and psychological factors to maximize engagement and LEF outcomes. Further investigation is warranted.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Nurses play a critical role in supporting HNCS with LEF. This study highlights the importance of assessing both the physical and psychological aspects of survivorship care. Nurses should routinely evaluate LEF severity, symptom burden, and psychological well-being (anxiety, depression, and self-efficacy) to personalize self-care guidance.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152016"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How the Caring Life-Course Theory Can Enhance the Central Role of Communication Across the Cancer Care Continuum.","authors":"Rebecca Feo, Alison Kitson, Catherine Paterson","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152019"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carla Thamm, Oluwaseyifunmi Andi Agbejule, Elise Button, Michael T Lawless, Catherine Paterson, Candice Oster, Svetlana Bogomolova, Jacqueline L Bender, Imogen Ramsey, Fiona Crawford-Williams, Carolyn Ee, Raymond J Chan
{"title":"Enabling Personalized Needs-Based Cancer Patient Navigation Using a Caring Life-Course Approach.","authors":"Carla Thamm, Oluwaseyifunmi Andi Agbejule, Elise Button, Michael T Lawless, Catherine Paterson, Candice Oster, Svetlana Bogomolova, Jacqueline L Bender, Imogen Ramsey, Fiona Crawford-Williams, Carolyn Ee, Raymond J Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Evidence suggests that patient navigation can help address ongoing barriers to accessing timely, appropriate, and quality cancer care. Patient navigation interventions include education, logistical, social, and emotional support, facilitating referrals, care coordination, patient advocacy, and enabling self-management. We propose that a person-centered approach to cancer patient navigation could be strengthened by the Caring Life-Course Theory (CLCT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This discussion paper draws on relevant evidence, policy, and theory to propose a way of considering patient navigation service provision reflective of personal biographies, lived experiences, social networks, and broader structural, community, and healthcare contexts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A CLCT-informed, personalized, needs-based patient navigation program in cancer care would facilitate a wider range of patient-centered choices and optimize self-management and self-care by integrating biographical inquiry and care networks, thus improving the delivery and personalization of navigation services. Enhanced technology should be used to support a dynamic approach to patient navigation and develop biographically informed assessment tools and care plans that triage patients to different levels of navigation according to patient needs, self-care abilities, and capacity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We propose that a person-centered, needs-based approach to patient navigation can be informed by the CLCT, taking into consideration the holistic needs of people affected by cancer and developing approaches to optimize self-management and self-care in relation to these needs.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Cancer nurses, as holistic care providers, are well-positioned to lead the development and delivery of biographically and social network-informed navigation needs, assessments, and structured patient navigation services.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152021"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael T Lawless, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Carla Thamm, Alison Kitson, Catherine Paterson
{"title":"Applying the Caring Life-Course Theory to Explore Prostate Cancer Survivors' Care Needs, Care Trajectories, And Self-Care Behaviors: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Michael T Lawless, Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Carla Thamm, Alison Kitson, Catherine Paterson","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study applied the Caring Life-Course Theory to explore how men treated for localized prostate cancer with radical prostatectomy experience, interpret, and respond to their care needs pre- and postsurgery. The study aimed to examine how their self-care behaviors are shaped over time by individual, relational, and systemic factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Longitudinal semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants at two time points: one week before and 12 weeks postsurgery. Secondary thematic analysis was conducted using the Caring Life-Course Theory as a guiding framework, with a focus on identifying care needs, care trajectories, and self-care behaviors across pre- and post-treatment periods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants engaged in self-care largely out of necessity, often without structured guidance or follow-up. Care needs were biographical and relational as well as physical, but these dimensions were rarely addressed in formal care planning. Masculine norms influenced help-seeking while access to informal support networks were critical in framing recovery experiences.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Caring Life-Course Theory provides a valuable lens for understanding how self-care behaviors and care trajectories unfold over time in men with prostate cancer. Survivorship care should more intentionally and consistently assess self-care capability and capacity, elicit biographical information, and engage informal support networks.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Nurses are well-positioned to lead biographically and relationally informed survivorship care planning. Expanding access to specialist cancer nurses or patient navigators, integrating structured self-care assessments, biographical inquiry, and social network mapping, as well as fostering multidisciplinary coordination, can improve the delivery and personalization of survivorship care.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152017"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jung Ae Kim, Astrid Block, Sueann Mark, Bruce A Cooper, Steven M Paul, Frances Cartwright, Marilyn J Hammer, Yvette P Conley, Jon D Levine, Christine Miaskowski
{"title":"Poorer Quality of Life Outcomes Are Associated with Higher Levels of Stress, Lower Levels of Resilience, and Poorer Adjustment to Cancer in Outpatients Receiving Chemotherapy.","authors":"Jung Ae Kim, Astrid Block, Sueann Mark, Bruce A Cooper, Steven M Paul, Frances Cartwright, Marilyn J Hammer, Yvette P Conley, Jon D Levine, Christine Miaskowski","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.152015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purposes were to identify subgroups of patients (n = 1324) with distinct quality of life (QOL) profiles and evaluate for differences among these subgroups in demographic and clinical characteristics, as well as levels of global, cancer-related, and cumulative life stress; resilience; and mental adjustment to cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Prior to their second or third cycle of chemotherapy, patients completed a demographic questionnaire, measures of stress (Perceived Stress Scale, global stress), Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R, cancer-related distress), Life Stressor Checklist-Revised (LSC-R, cumulative life stress); resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale [CDRS]), and mental adjustment (Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale [MAC]). In addition, they completed the Multidimensional QOL Scale-Patient Version six times over two cycles of chemotherapy. Latent profile analysis was used to identify the distinct QOL profiles. Parametric and nonparametric tests were used to evaluate for differences in risk factors among the QOL profiles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three distinct QOL profiles were identified (Low, 26.9%; Moderate, 44.7%; and High, 28.4%). Compared to the High QOL class, the other two classes were younger and more likely to be female and had a higher comorbidity burden and lower functional status. Differences among the QOL classes in PSS, IES-R, and LSC-R scores followed a similar pattern (Low > Moderate > High). Differences were found among the QOL classes in CDRS (Low < Moderate < High) and MAC (Low > Moderate > High) scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study is the first to describe interindividual variability in QOL outcomes among patients receiving chemotherapy. Levels of cancer-related stress reported by Low and Moderate QOL classes suggest that these patients meet the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress and have levels of resilience below the normative score for the general population.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>Given that stress and resilience are modifiable risk factors, this information can be used by clinicians to design tailored interventions to improve patients' QOL.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"152015"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145056240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Inequalities in Treatment for Prostate Cancer Affecting Demand for Secondary and Tertiary Services: Secondary Analysis of Linked National Datasets.","authors":"Ashleigh Lauren Ward, Susanne Cruickshank, Liz Forbat","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study calculates the actual and weighted changes in population, incidence, and treatment use to better understand the inequities in use affecting the delivery of prostate cancer services.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Health data held by Scotland's electronic Data Research and Innovation Service were linked with National Records of Scotland census data and Information Services Division health data to identify men aged ≥45 living in Scotland who had prostate cancer. Data were analyzed descriptively and weighted using National Records of Scotland census data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Demand for secondary and tertiary services nationally coincided with the implementation of new technologies and treatments in Scotland. Furthermore, differences in demand for treatment services were evident between regions that could not be explained by urban and rural factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings demonstrate the level of national variability that governments and health care administrations need to consider when distributing resources to services.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>This report highlights the challenges for cancer nurses in maintaining skills and competencies in light of rapidly emerging technologies, and the unique demands on local and regional services, which will affect mentorship across regions.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"151914"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145056237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ricco S Jørgensen, Elisabeth Coyne, Karin B Dieperink
{"title":"\"You Feel Like a Bystander in Your Own Life\"-A Qualitative Study of Men's Experience Cancer Healthcare.","authors":"Ricco S Jørgensen, Elisabeth Coyne, Karin B Dieperink","doi":"10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soncn.2025.151950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study explores the experience of healthcare professional (HCP) interactions for men with cancer. Additionally, to explore whether there is a disparity in how they perceive the interaction based on their relationship status-whether they are single or cohabiting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The design was a qualitative descriptive study with a hermeneutic approach, using in-depth focus group interviews. Two focus group interviews were conducted between December 2023 and January 2024, with 11 men participating. The participants were divided into two groups based on whether they were single or cohabiting. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three themes were extracted from the data. (1) \"Perceptions of received support for caregivers vary based on living status\" emphasizing the vital support caregivers provide to men who are cohabiting. The caregivers of single men are not automatically included in discussions with HCPs. (2) \"The importance of information and healthcare professional relationships\" underscores the disparity in the relationship between single men and HCPs compared to cohabiting men. (3) \"Masculine norms and health behaviour\" explores how traditional masculine norms influence men's health behaviors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Cohabiting men feel acknowledged and adequately informed about their illness and therefore report a generally positive experience with HCPs. Single men feel overlooked by HCPs, sensing a lack of interest in their individual circumstances and life experiences. Consequently, single men advocate for continuity in care, believing it would enable HCPs to better understand their needs and provide the necessary support.</p><p><strong>Implications for nursing practice: </strong>There is a need to recognize the diversity among men for a more individualized approach to care. Recognizing and acknowledging the male perspective enables the development of interventions tailored to enhance the quality of life. Single men express a desire for continuity in their care. A consistent patient-nurse relationship fosters trust and therefore encourages men to open up.</p>","PeriodicalId":54253,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Oncology Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"151950"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145001951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}