Related Articles The Potential Role of Symptom Questionnaires in Palliative and Supportive Cancer Care Delivery. Curr Oncol Rep. 2017 Feb;19(2):12 Authors: Stover AM, Basch EM Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) palliative care recommendations have been updated into a full guideline. Symptom questionnaires-completed and reviewed with patients during care delivery-are poised to play a large role in this guideline because they provide a more comprehensive understanding of symptoms. This article provides an overview of the guideline and describes how symptom questionnaires can be used to satisfy the guideline. RECENT FINDINGS: Standardized symptom questionnaires can be…
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Related Articles Politics and palliative care: Central African Republic. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2017 11 02;23(11):570 Authors: Smyth D Abstract Dion Smyth’s review of palliative nursing on the internet. PMID: 29172891 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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Related Articles [A Case of Advanced Gastric Cancer Resected for Rebleeding after Palliative Radiotherapy for Hemostasis]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2016 Nov;43(12):1936-1938 Authors: Muneoka Y, Ichikawa H, Ishikawa T, Hanyu T, Sato Y, Kano Y, Usui K, Otani T, Hishiki M, Miura K, Nagahashi M, Sakata J, Kobayashi T, Kameyama H, Kosugi S, Wakai T Abstract We report a case of advanced gastric cancer(AGC)that was resected for rebleeding after palliative radiotherapy for hemostasis. A 74-year-old man with Stage IV gastric cancer received chemotherapy and achieved stable disease. After 23 months, he experienced continuous bleeding from the tumor due to regrowth.…
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Related Articles Health-services utilisation amongst older persons during the last year of life: a population-based study. BMC Geriatr. 2018 12 20;18(1):317 Authors: Ní Chróinín D, Goldsbury DE, Beveridge A, Davidson PM, Girgis A, Ingham N, Phillips JL, Wilkinson AM, Ingham JM, O’Connell DL Abstract BACKGROUND: Accurate population-based data regarding hospital-based care utilisation by older persons during their last year of life are important in health services planning. We investigated patterns of acute hospital-based service use at the end of life, amongst older decedents in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. METHODS: Data from all persons aged ≥70 years who died in the…
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Related Articles Intractable Neck Pain in an Oncologic Palliative Care Setting: Is Cancer Always the Answer? J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2017 Mar;31(1):43-44 Authors: Delfine V, Bernasconi E, Bardelli D, Spataro V, Fusi-Schmidhauser T Abstract Refractory pain is a common manifestation in an oncologic palliative care setting and represents a major challenge for health care professionals involved in care provision. The underlying neoplasm and its dissemination are the foremost pathophysiologic mechanism for the development of pain in patients with advanced cancer. Nonetheless, other etiologies such as trauma and infections need to be considered by clinicians in this particular care setting.…
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