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 Pain

Integrative care options help pain management

May 29, 2012

The variety of options available to help patients manage their pain can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
 

Minimally invasive esophagectomy reduces morbidity

Delicia Honen Yard May 18, 2012

Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer may result in fewer lung infections and shorter hospitalizations than seen with open surgery.
 

Cancer pain often undertreated, especially among minorities

Delicia Honen Yard May 16, 2012

One-third of outpatients with breast, prostate, colon/rectum, or lung cancer were receiving insufficient pain treatment, particularly minorities.
 

Opening the Door to Effective Pain Management: Getting the Facts and Getting Help

April 25, 2012

This fact sheet details how patients can effectively communicate about and manage cancer-related pain.
 

Membrane temperature offers clue to oral mucositis risk in head and neck cancer

February 14, 2012

Thermal imaging can detect early changes in the temperature of mucosal surfaces that may signal mucositis in persons with head and neck cancer who are receiving chemoradiotherapy.
 

Intracerebroventricular Opioid Infusion Feasible at Home

February 10, 2012

Intracerebroventricular (ICV) infusion of opioids is effective for treatment of refractory pain in terminal patients with low incidence of adverse events.
 

Psychosocial approach useful in managing cancer pain

February 03, 2012

Psychosocial interventions, including skills instruction and education, can help reduce pain in persons with cancer, confirm the results of a recent meta-analysis.
 

Exploring holistic medicine: Using acupuncture to relieve cancer-related fatigue

December 19, 2011

The ancient Eastern medicinal art can relieve one of the most distressing effects of cancer and cancer treatment: fatigue.
 

Oncologists need to sharpen their pain-management skills

Delicia Honen Yard November 25, 2011

The results of a recent survey suggest that pain-related knowledge and practice may not be up to par within the oncology community.
 

Vitamin D regimen is effective in resolving bone pain related to aromatase-inhibitor therapy

October 19, 2011

High-dose vitamin D may relieve, even resolve, severe pain in patients on aromatase inhibitor therapy for breast cancer.
 

After breast cancer, fatigue plagues women who are depressed and in pain

Delicia Honen Yard October 05, 2011

Women most affected by fatigue following treatment for breast cancer also suffer episodes of depression and body-image deterioration, neck and shoulder pain, and limited arm movement
 

CIPN: Treatment preservation and prevention are the goals

Colleen H. Erb, MSN, ACNP-BC, AOCNP September 21, 2011

CIPN is a debilitating adverse effect that can lead to reduced doses that hinder treatment effectiveness or early discontinuation of therapy.
 

Vitamin D relieves musculoskeletal effects of aromatase inhibitors

Delicia Honen Yard August 10, 2011

High-dose vitamin D2 supplementation improved aromatase-induced musculoskeletal symptoms and bone loss in women with early breast cancer taking adjuvant anastrozole in a phase II trial.
 

New screening protocol for pancreatic cancer is better than standard means

Delicia Honen Yard August 09, 2011

Using the CA 19-9 tumor marker followed by an endoscopic ultrasound is more likely to detect stage 1 pancreatic cancer in persons at high risk for the disease than is using CA 19-9 alone.
 

Ears like a wolf ...when perspective clouds judgment

August 01, 2011

The patient's constant complaining and irritating personality almost overwhelmed his need for care.
 

Dignity therapy improves end-of-life experience

Delicia Honen Yard July 20, 2011

A form of psychotherapy that is intended to relieve distress for dying patients and their families showed great effectiveness in a recent study.
 

Introduce palliative care for pain at cancer diagnosis

Delicia Honen Yard July 08, 2011

Palliative care interventions should be introduced at diagnosis as a part of disease management rather than not until the end of life, suggests a review of cancer pain management.
 

Prostate cancer drug beneficial in bone metastasis

Delicia Honen Yard June 23, 2011

Very early data are promising for a drug treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer, with the agent showing particular effectiveness against tumors that have metastasized to the bone.
 

New drug helps control rare sarcoma disease

Delicia Honen Yard June 22, 2011

The experimental agent cediranib shrank tumors in more than half of study subjects afflicted with alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS).
 

The pain of surviving cancer: Coping with the lasting effects of chemotherapy treatment

April 12, 2011

Treatment-related pain is debilitating for patients. Many medications are not effective, but some techniques can alleviate patients' discomfort.
 

ASTRO issues guideline for palliative radiotherapy in bone metastases

Delicia Honen Yard March 09, 2011

Radiotherapy is a successful and time-efficient means by which to palliate pain and/or prevent the morbidity of bone metastases, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology.
 

Kyphoplasty repairs fractured vertebrae in cancer

Delicia Honen Yard March 03, 2011

Cancer patients who suffer painful vertebral compression fractures may find relief through balloon kyphoplasty, a technique that appears to relieve pain and improve function quickly.
 

Women and blacks experience greater cancer-related pain

Delicia Honen Yard February 10, 2011

Racial and sex disparities exist in cancer-related pain rates, according to a survey of diverse cancer survivors by Carmen R. Green, MD, of the University of Michigan, and colleagues.
 

Abstral approved for breakthrough cancer pain

Delicia Honen Yard January 27, 2011

A tablet delivering transmucosal fentanyl, Abstral is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in adult cancer patients who are already using opioids around the clock.
 

Smoking may increase cancer pain

Delicia Honen Yard January 07, 2011

Smoking is not only a cause of cancer, it also appears to be a cause of greater cancer-related pain, according to a recent survey of 224 patients.
 

Pain: For the patient, it's more than just another four-letter word

November 02, 2010

Assessment of pain involves more than asking patients to rate their level of pain, yet often we act as if that is all that is necessary.
 

Less common medications for pain, nausea, and vomiting

June 01, 2010

The author summarizes the uses of methadone for cancer pain and olanzapine for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
 

Case Study: Managing pain in Horner's syndrome

Tony O'Brien January 22, 2010

The case of 54-year-old dressmaker with a six-month history of colorectal carcinoma leads to spinal compression and Horner's syndrome
 

Web Exclusives

BI-RADS and breast MRI useful in predicting malignancy

Delicia Honen Yard May 30, 2012

The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) terminology is useful in predicting malignancy in breast lesions detected with MRI.
 

Posttransplant lenalidomide can slow down multiple myeloma

Delicia Honen Yard May 29, 2012

Lenalidomide use after autologous stem-cell transplant significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with myeloma.
 

Melanoma genome study implicates sun and new genetic culprits

Delicia Honen Yard May 28, 2012

Genetic mutations increased along with chronic sun exposure in persons with melanoma, and yet another gene may contribute to disease risk as well.
 

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