Primary tumor location in lung cancer: the evaluation and administration / 中华医学杂志(英文版)

Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer-related death in the world, which is classically subgrouped into two major histological types: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (85% of patients) and small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) (15%). Tumor location has been reported to be associated with the prognosis of various solid tumors. Several types of cancer often occur in a specific region and are more prone to spread to predilection locations, including colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, bladder cancer, lung tumor, and so on. Besides, tumor location is also considered as a risk factor for lung neoplasm with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/emphysema. Additionally, the primary lung cancer location is associated with specific lymph node metastasis. And the recent analysis has shown that the primary location may affect metastasis pattern in metastatic NSCLC based on a large population. Numerous studies have enrolled the "location" factor in the risk model. Anatomy location and lobe-specific location are both important in prognosis. Therefore, it is important for us to clarify the characteristics about tumor location according to various definitions. However, the inconsistent definitions about tumor location among different articles are controversial. It is also a significant guidance in multimode therapy in the present time. In this review, we mainly aim to provide a new insight about tumor location, including anatomy, clinicopathology, and prognosis in patients with lung neoplasm.

An investigation of training effects of the Shandong oncology specialist nurses / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To investigate training effects of Shandong oncology specialist nurses. Methods A self-designed questionnaire about training effects was used to investigate 149 oncology specialist nurses in 48 hospitals in Shandong province. Results The total score of training effects was 202.075 ± 17.918. Differences were significant in human relations of training effects of oncology specialist nurses (F=3.439,P<0.05 ). 94.74％(126/133)of the oncology specialist nurses had no changeable in their work after training, 62.41％(83/133)served as skeleton staffs, only 22.56％(30/133)published in journals, 58.65％(78/133)of the specialist nurses had no chance to attend meeting and only 3.01％(4/133)had experiences to study for a month or more. Conclusions The training effects of Shandong oncology specialist nurses some abilities still need to be increased, the training contents need to be enriched, the use and management of the specialist nurses need to be further regulated, and the development of the oncology specialist nurses need to be further improved.

Establishment of questionnaire of head nurses' competency according to PPEB model and testing its reliability and validity / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To establish a questionnaire to measure competence of head nurses and test its reliability and validity. Methods Based on the third-level items of the competency model built by Tanjie, the primary competency questionnaire was established combining literature review, team discussion and preliminary test. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was tested in 236 head nurses. Results The questionnaire consisted of 4 dimensions and 33 items, and 4 common factors were extracted by principal components analysis, which contributed to 75.691%of the variance. The Cronbachα was 0.945 for the total questionnaire, and the content validity index was 0.960. Conclusions The questionnaire shows acceptable reliability and validity, and can be applied to the competence investigation of head nurses.