Objective: Investigate the clinical management of patients with neoplastic wounds by nurses.Methods: This is an exploratory study, with qualitative approach, conducted in August 2014, with ten clinical nurses of a philanthropic hospital that provides care to patients with advanced cancer. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and data analysis was performed using the Minayo's Thematic Analysis Technique, which enabled the construction of one category and four subcategories. Results:The nurses' knowledge on the clinical management of wounds is weak and has many weaknesses involving patients with advanced cancer. Conclusion:One evidenced the need to invest in continuing education and implementation of protocols that support greater autonomy of nurses in decision-making, ensuring legal support to these professionals to improve care for people with neoplastic wounds.

Objective: To synthesize scientific literature published on the control of pain, exudation, odor and bleeding of neoplastic wounds.Methods: This is an integrative review of the literature in the databases CINAHL, SciELO, MEDLINE, LILACS and Portal of Periodicals of CAPES with articles that approached the theme. Twenty-two articles were included, of which 18 were written in the English language and three in the Spanish language, published between 2004 and 2016.Results: From the articles studied, categories were constructed: Interventions for pain control; Interventions for the control of exudate; Interventions for the control of odor and Interventions for the control of bleeding.