title: Managing patients with fungating malignant wounds.
abstract: Fungating malignant wounds are caused by the infiltration of the skin and its supporting blood and lymph vessels by a local tumour, or result from metastatic spread from a primary tumour. Without treatment, the fungation has the potential to extend and cause massive damage to the wound site, through a combination of proliferative growth, loss of vascularity and ulceration (Grocott, 1999).
authors.affiliation: Princess Alice Hospice, Esher and Kingston Hospital.
authors.forename: Vivien
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: McMurray
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000556:secondary; D004203:Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000556:secondary; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000556:secondary; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*