Articles of Interest

CNSA members continue to contribute to vital cancer nursing research, with new publications this month covering patient-reported outcomes, survivorship care, palliative care, nurse-led models, and workforce insights. From clinical practice improvements to supporting early career nurses, these studies highlight the depth and diversity of our community’s expertise.

Joanne Pearson (Bowral, Australia): Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as personalised cancer care: report from a 2023 Australian consensus meeting (PROActive) - EClinicalMedicine. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Raymond Chan (Adelaide, Australia): Quality Survivorship Care for People Affected by Advanced or Metastatic Cancer: A Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Endorsement of the Joint Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer and American Society of Clinical Oncology Care Standards and Practice Recommendations - Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Gemma McErlean (Bangor, Australia): Critical actions for embedding research evidence into practice: how to get the most out of your implementation scientist - JBI Evidence Implementation. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Patsy Yates (Brisbane, Australia), Jane Phillips (Brisbane, Australia): Understanding the acute care context to inform palliative care improvements: a qualitative study of hospital-based multidisciplinary clinicians - BMC Palliative Care. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Jacqueline Jagger (Point Clare, Australia), Kate White (Summer Hill, Australia): Development and Validation of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure to Assess the Impact of Steroids in the Treatment of Myeloma: The Steroid Symptom Questionnaire-Multiple Myeloma - Seminars in Oncology Nursing. Jul 2025. View »

Nicole Knox (Miranda, Australia), Katie Knight (Spring Farm, Australia), Polly Dufton (Thornbury, Australia), Gemma McErlean (Bangor, Australia): Implementation and evaluation of a nurse-led geriatric oncology model of care for older adults with lung cancer - Journal of Geriatric Oncology. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Raymond Chan (Adelaide, Australia): Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and cytokines as predictors of cognitive impairment in adolescent and young adult cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: a longitudinal study - BMC Cancer. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Trish Joyce (Northcote, Australia): Influenza-Specific T-Cell Responses to Vaccination Are Independent of Underlying Hematological Malignancy: Analysis of a Randomized Influenza Vaccination Trial - Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jul 2025. View »

Jayne Hewitt (Southport, Australia): Deciding who decides: An interview study exploring the factors affecting emergency department and intensive care unit health professionals' understanding and application of the law on end-of-life decision-making - Australian Critical Care. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Sita Sharma (Coopers Plains, Australia), Benjamin Tan (Brisbane, Australia), Tao Wang (The Gap, Australia): Embracing Growth, Adaptability, Challenges, and Lifelong Learning: A Qualitative Study Examining the Lived Experience of Early Career Nurses - Nursing Reports. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Meredith Oatley (Collaroy, Australia): Real-world lenvatinib use in metastatic thyroid cancer: early dose intensity and side effect profile in an Australian centre - Endocrine Oncology. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »

Deborah Kirk (Joondalup, Australia), Raymond Chan (Adelaide, Australia): Efficacy of Multimodal Psychological Interventions on Pain After Surgery in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review - JCO Oncology Practice. Jul 2025. View »

Karen Strickland (Duncraig, Australia): Understanding perceptions, attitudes and experiences of nursing students during clinical placement in primary health care settings - A scoping review - Nurse Education in Practice. Jul 2025. Open Access Icon View »