Educational and psychosocial issues related to new treatment advances for metastatic breast cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To explore educational issues as well as psychosocial issues relating to finances, family, and hope that may arise with the introduction of new treatment strategies for metastatic breast cancer.


METHODS
Review articles, textbooks, and personal communications.


CONCLUSIONS
New treatment advances in metastatic breast cancer are multifaceted and complex. Nurses must provide a holistic approach to patients and are in an excellent position to guide patients towards treatment advances.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients look to nurses to provide answers and to serve as resources as new treatment advances develop.
Knoop
T
T
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D000068878:Trastuzumab
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000068878:Trastuzumab