Technology Issues, Price Are Obstacles to Real-time Reporting of Cancer Symptoms
Real-time reporting and integration of patient symptom reports into clinical practice could benefit patients, but practical obstacles remain.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Symptom Self-reporting Associated With Clinical Benefits
Self-reporting of symptoms via tablet was benefit for patients, according to a study performed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Pregabalin Not Effective for Cancer-induced Bone Pain
Pregabalin is no more effective for cancer-induced bone pain than a placebo in patients receiving radiotherapy, a recent study indicates.
Research Demonstrates That Chinese Herbal Medicine Can Treat Cancer
In a review of study results from 2,964 human clinical trials, Australia and Chinese university scientists found that Chinese herbal medicine offers significant treatment for most types of cancers.
How to manage myoclonus in patients on high-dose opioids
How should myoclonus be managed in patients taking high-dose opioids?
A niche is found in modern cancer therapy for the ancient spiritual practice of quigong
Another therapeutic intervention can be added to the list of effective palliative care modalities available for patients with cancer: qigong (CHI gung). A newly published study found that the ancient mind-body practice …
Cancer-related wasting may be controlled and controllable in liver
The liver may control the dramatic loss of body mass seen in cancer, and manipulation of a specific gene switch may delay the wasting process.
Nurse-led monitoring improves cancer-related fatigue
Protocolized patient-tailored treatment of physical symptoms improves fatigue in advanced cancer.
ONS Connections: School-age childhood cancer patients are resilient to fatigue during chemotherapy
Over the trajectory of chemotherapy treatment, school-age children appear to develop resilience to fatigue.
ONS Connections: Decreased sexual interest most common persistent and bothersome symptom in breast cancer survivors
Breast cancer survivors reported that decreased sexual interest was the symptom causing the most significant bother.
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