Related Articles Interventions for healthcare professionals, organizations and patients to enhance quality of life for people diagnosed with palliative esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review. JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep. 2017 Mar;15(3):840-852 Authors: Cowley A, Bath-Hextall F, Cooper J Abstract BACKGROUND: Esophagogastric (EG) cancer is the fifth most common malignancy, and its incidence is increasing. The disease is fast paced, and five-year survival rates are poor. Treatment with palliative intent is provided for the majority of patients but there remains a lack of empirical evidence into the most effective service models to support EG cancer patients. OBJECTIVES: The overall objective…
Origen: Interventions for healthcare professionals, organizations and patients to enhance quality of life for people diagnosed with palliative esophagogastric cancer: a systematic review. – PubMed

Related Articles Reirradiation + hyperthermia for recurrent breast cancer en cuirasse. Strahlenther Onkol. 2018 03;194(3):206-214 Authors: Oldenborg S, Rasch CRN, van Os R, Kusumanto YH, Oei BS, Venselaar JL, Heymans MW, Zum Vörde Sive Vörding PJ, Crezee H, van Tienhoven G Abstract BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with irresectable locoregional recurrent breast cancer en cuirasse (BCEC) do not have effective curative treatment options. Hyperthermia, the elevation of tumor temperature to 40-45 °C, is a well-established radio- and chemotherapy sensitizer. A total of 196 patients were treated with reirradiation and hyperthermia (reRT+HT) at two Dutch institutes from 1982-2005. The palliative effect was evaluated in terms of…
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Related Articles Integration of a Palliative Care Intervention into Community Practice for Lung Cancer: A Study Protocol and Lessons Learned with Implementation. J Palliat Med. 2017 Dec;20(12):1327-1337 Authors: Nguyen HQ, Cuyegkeng T, Phung TO, Jahn K, Borneman T, Macias M, Ruel N, Ferrell BR Abstract BACKGROUND: A notable gap in the evidence base for outpatient palliative care (PC) for cancer is that most trials were conducted in specialized oncology or academic centers with limited translation and further evaluation in «real-world» settings. Health systems are desperate for guidance regarding the most effective and sustainable PC service models. OBJECTIVE: Describe the study…
Origen: Integration of a Palliative Care Intervention into Community Practice for Lung Cancer: A Study Protocol and Lessons Learned with Implementation. – PubMed

Related Articles Use of a depression and sleep impairment treatment guideline to improve quality of life for patients with sickle cell disease. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2018 05;24(5):246-255 Authors: Simo SM, Siela D Abstract BACKGROUND: Pain in sickle cell disease (SCD) is often joined by other affective disorders such as depression and/or sleep impairment that can impact pain levels and quality of life (QoL). AIM: To develop a guideline to improve the process of assessment and treatment of depression and sleep impairment in patients admitted with SCD. METHOD: An interdisciplinary team used the Stetler model to create the Guideline for…
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Related Articles Clinical results of multidisciplinary therapy including palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy for metastatic spinal tumor. J Orthop Surg Res. 2018 Feb 05;13(1):30 Authors: Uei H, Tokuhashi Y, Maseda M, Nakahashi M, Sawada H, Nakayama E, Soma H Abstract BACKGROUND: Surgeries performed for metastatic spinal tumor are mostly palliative and are controversial for patients with short life expectancy. We investigated whether palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery with postoperative multidisciplinary therapy results in improvement of life prognosis and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with metastatic spinal tumor. METHODS: The subjects were 55 patients who…
Origen: Clinical results of multidisciplinary therapy including palliative posterior spinal stabilization surgery and postoperative adjuvant therapy for metastatic spinal tumor. – PubMed