METHODS
Literature search conducted in October 2013, researchers
searched the keywords of cancer, patient, nursing, oncology,
Turkey in Turkish and English on the international (PubMed,
Embase, Ovid, ProQuest, Ebscohost, and Blackwell-
Synergy) and national (Turkish Medical Index - ULAKBİM,
Council of Higher Education - YÖK, Thesis Center) databases.
RESULTS
In 66% of studies were descriptive. In 38% of the studies, all cancer
types were included in the sample. Sample of 94% the of studies
were adults, and 31% of the studies were related to Symptom
and Symptom Management and 65% of this studies were conducted
by academician nurses.
CONCLUSION
It was seen that there were a large number of researches conducted
in the field of oncology. However it was seen that the majority of
these researches have low evidence level, performed by academic
nurses, and its samples consisted of adults.
Keywords: Research; oncology nursing; a systematic review
