European Journal of Cancer Care

Edited by:
Stephen J O'Connor

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 18/27 Health Care Sciences & Services
Impact Factor: 0.901

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The European Journal of Cancer Care provides a medium for communicating multiprofessional cancer care across Europe and internationally.  The Journal publishes peer reviewed papers, reviews, reports, features and news, and provides a means of recording lively debate and an exchange of ideas. The European Journal of Cancer Care is essential reading for all health care professionals working in:

• Epidemiology and health policy of cancer
• Research
• Prevention
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Cancer care
• Supportive cancer care
• Rehabilitation
• Cancer education - professional and public

TopNews and Announcements

New Editor

 

We are pleased to announce that Stephen O'Connor, based in Brussels,

Belgium, has been appointed as the new Editor for this journal. Over

the coming months he will be becoming familiar with the journal, and

will fully take over the Editorship at the end of this year. At this

time, Pat Webb will take on the role of Editor- in-Chief and will no

longer be involved in the day to day management of the journal.  We

wish them good luck in their new roles.

 

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online.  Click here to browse contents and abstracts.  For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

Online Cancer Education Forum
The European Journal of Cancer Care has launched a new online forum for exchanging ideas in the field of cancer care education. Each new issue of the Journal will now be accompanied by a new education tool on the online forum which you are welcome to dowload and use for your educational needs. The aim of the website is to stimulate discussion so please click here to visit the forum. We warmly welcome and encourage your contribution.

Other relevant sites
Academic Journal Directory (Galveston, Texas)
International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
Worldwide Congress on Pain

Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI  initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).

NIH Public Access Mandate
For those interested in the Wiley-Blackwell policy on the NIH Public Access Mandate,  please visit our policy statement. 

 

TopHighlights

Highlights

Recent articles available FREE online:

Understanding the concept of chemotherapy related nausea: The patient experience
A. MOLASSIOTIS, C.T. STRICKER, B. EABY, L. VELDERS, P.A. COVENTRY

Do nurses and cancer patients agree on cancer patients' coping resources, emotional distress and quality of life?
G. MÅRTENSSON, M. CARLSSON, C. LAMPIC

 
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: What a physician should know a decade after its introduction.
G.H. SAKORAFAS, G. PEROS
 
Men with cancer: Is their use of complementary and alternative medicine a response to needs unmet by conventional care?
M.A. EVANS, A.R.G. SHAW, D.J. SHARP, E.A. THOMPSON, S. FALK, P. TURTON, T. THOMPSON

 
Preparatory grief, psyhcological distress and hopelessness in advanced cancer patients.
K. MYSTAKIDOU, E. PARPA, E. TSILIKA, P. ATHANASOULI, M. PATHIAKI, A. GALANOS, A. PAGOROPOULOU, L. VLAHOS
 
Cancer patients' views on rehabilitation and quality of life: A programme audit.
I. KORSTJENS, I. MESTERS, B. GIJSEN, B. VAN DEN BORNE