Unfortunately, no population-based cancer register records the incidence of MFWs, 5 and
prevalence is underreported because of shame, embarrassment, and fear, 6 thus a more …

Background Fungating wounds arise from primary, secondary or recurrent malignant
disease and are associated with advanced cancer. A small proportion of patients may …

Chronic wounds are associated with financial and personal costs. The system level expense
associated with chronic wounds has been established, however, the out‐of‐pocket cost …

Background Most surgical wounds heal by primary intention, that is to say, the edges of the
wound are brought together with sutures, staples, adhesive glue or clips. However, some …

BACKGROUND: Malignant fungating wounds may have significant physiological,
psychological and emotional consequences on patients and their families. This study …

Cancer has become a major noncommunicable disease (NCD) in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs) where an inadequately prepared and insufficient nursing workforce exists …

PURPOSE: To provide information about palliative wound care management strategies for
palliative patients and their circles of care. TARGET AUDIENCE: This continuing education …

Introduction: Malignant fungating wounds (MFWs), non-healing wounds caused by
aggressive proliferation of malignant tumors, afflict 5%–14.5% of patients with advanced …

This article describes the implications of the findings for clinical practice or research. The
findings of the wound malodour survey indicate that approaches to managing malodour are …

Objective: To explore how women living at home with a malignant fungating wound (MFW)
cope with such wounds. Method: To explore coping through the lived experiences of …