title: Urgent response to cancer.
abstract: Nurses increasingly encounter patients with cancer who experience potentially fatal side effects of cancer treatments. In her new role with Macmillan Cancer Support, Philippa Jones is developing acute oncology services across the UK that will support patients needing urgent care and help avoid hospital admissions.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trueland
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000592:standards*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom