The study aimed to map the theses and dissertations in the Graduate Program of Nursing School of Anna Nery with a focus on oncology nursing and analyze the repercussions facing the epistemological aspects highlighted. Exploratory, descriptive, retrospective and documentary of 59 studies (45 dissertations and 14 theses) produced from 1980 to 2009. The methodologic and theory referential was the Epistemological Categorization Methodology for Nursing Research. The results indicate that production is considered more sectorized in the area of clinical oncology, with emphasis on Management Health / Nursing, Women's Health and Fundamentals of Nursing Care. There was a preponderance of studies in the sociological perspective with a qualitative approach. The effects demonstrated in prominent epistemological possible to say that knowledge produced is consistent with the complexity and attempts to explain the art of caring for patients with cancer and with efforts to define / expand criteria and standards of care.
Oncologic Nursing; Nursing Research; Education, Nursing, Graduate
