This comprehensive summary of existing research literature related to the prevalence and correlates of depression among adult patients with head and neck cancer provides evidence-based information that can be used by oncology nurses in their practice.

This study is the first to identify uncertainty in illness among oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer patients and found it to be higher than for other cancer populations. Findings provide insights into the uncertainty of living through treatment and provide information for patient care. The consistent pattern of high levels of uncertainty during and 1 month after treatment suggests that the uncertainty related to acute illness could extend into chronic uncertainty which may interfere with a cancer survivor's adaption to daily living after treatment. Further research is needed to investigate other variables that influence uncertainty during treatment as well as 1 to 6 months after treatment for head and neck cancer.

AA women with breast cancer use more positive religious coping and experience less distress and greater spiritual well-being, but catastrophizing has a negative effect on spiritual well-being. Nurses need to reinforce positive coping patterns for AA women with cancer.

Our findings indicate that a large proportion of patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy experience psychological distress during the perioperative period. The identification of psychological distress in this population has the potential to influence health related quality of life as well as recovery in all individuals with bladder cancer.

USFNA of axillary nodes has a high specificity and PPV in clinically or radiologically suspicious nodes. Sensitivity of USFNA is low for nodes of normal appearance, but positive USFNA may allow definitive management of the axilla without a SLND. Thus, USFNA of normal appearing nodes might be beneficial in cases where decisions regarding neoadjuvant chemotherapy would be affected by the results.