The emotional aspects of cancer anorexia.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to synthesize recent literature regarding the provision of palliative care to patients during and following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), highlighting factors which mediate impairments in health-related quality of life in this patient populati...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Mitchell SA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Cancer cachexia remains understudied and there are no standard treatments available despite the publication of an international consensus definition and the completion of several large phase III intervention trials in the past 6 years. In September 2015, The University of Rochester Cancer Center NCORP...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Dunne RF,Mustian KM,Garcia JM,Dale W,Hayward R,Roussel B,Buschmann MM,Caan BJ,Cole CL,Fleming FJ,Chakkalakal JV,Linehan DC,Hezel AF,Mohile SG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Bone metastases in prostate cancer are often the cause of significant morbidity in patients with castrate-resistant disease, and several studies have shown significant pain palliation with systemic radionuclide treatment. The purpose of this review is to discuss the place of radionuclides in the dynam...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Vengalil S,O'Sullivan JM,Parker CC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As the number of female cancer survivors continues to grow, there is a growing need to bridge the gap between the high rate of women's cancer-related sexual dysfunction and the lack of attention and intervention available to the majority of survivors who suffer from sexual problems. Previously identif...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Bober SL,Reese JB,Barbera L,Bradford A,Carpenter KM,Goldfarb S,Carter J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The balance between the rates of protein synthesis and protein degradation governs the maintenance of muscle mass in the body. The main purpose of this review is to highlight the latest understanding of the various pathways that maintain this balance between muscle atrophy and hypertrophy. RECENT FIN...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Banerjee A,Guttridge DC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Despite recognition that opioids alleviate dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, many clinicians remain reluctant to use them outside of the final days of life. This article defines the term 'opioid responsiveness' as it pertains to dyspnea, and poses that it may be possible to predict mor...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Horton R,Rocker G,Currow D

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article reviews the status of guidelines and recommendations for communication between patients with cancer and healthcare providers (HCPs) concerning fertility issues. RECENT FINDINGS:The timing, the type of information provided, and the openness of HCPs can all affect how patients with cancer ...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Shen S,Zelkowitz P,Rosberger Z

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Osteoarthritis is a complex and often painful disease that is inadequately controlled with current analgesics. This review discusses emerging targets and therapeutic approaches that may lead to the development of better analgesics. RECENT FINDINGS:Aberrant excitability in peripheral and central pain ...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Rahman W,Dickenson AH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Death is the inevitable consequence of life. Although clinicians are unlikely to accurately pinpoint when death is likely to occur in the people they care for, the death in a person with a diagnosis of malignant and nonmalignant tends to involve a period of predictable progressive clinical and functio...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Watts T,Willis D,Noble S,Johnston B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Care near the end of life is expensive and frequently not aligned with the expressed preferences of decedents, creating an opportunity to improve value, or increase quality while lowering cost. This review examines publications from 2017 and 2018 on interventions and policies associated with high-valu...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Ankuda CK,Meier DE

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Radiation therapy-induced nausea and vomiting (RINV) are common and troublesome symptoms among patients receiving radiation therapy for gastrointestinal cancers. Their impact on function, quality of life and, ultimately, cancer control warrant a review of their incidence, underlying mechanisms, treatm...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Dennis K,Poon M,Chow E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize current knowledge about gastrointestinal radiation toxicity, with emphasis on mechanisms and clinical diagnosis and management. RECENT FINDINGS:While there has been only modest change in cancer incidence and cancer mortality rates during the past 30 years, the number of cancer survivors ...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Hauer-Jensen M,Wang J,Boerma M,Fu Q,Denham JW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To summarize current knowledge on promising immunotherapeutic agents and to provide a brief outline of current use of immunotherapeutic agents in patients with locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). RECENT FINDINGS:Immunotherapy with mAbs directed against programed death cell prot...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Nazzani S,Bazinet A,Karakiewicz PI

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Developments in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension have significantly improved prognosis changing this from an acute to a chronic disease. Despite optimal treatment many patients still have a high-symptom burden both because of the disease and the side-effects of therapy, consequently t...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Gin-Sing W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review compares the catabolic actions of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and proteolysis-inducing factor (PIF) and their involvement in human cancer cachexia. RECENT FINDINGS:TNF-alpha has a direct catabolic effect on skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, whereas PIF only has an effect on...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Tisdale MJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mixed methods research designs have been recognized as important in addressing complexity and are recommended particularly in the development and evaluation of complex interventions. This article reports a review of studies in palliative care published between 2010 and March 2012 that combine qualitat...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Seymour J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Constipation is a common symptom in palliative care patients that can generate considerable suffering due to both unpleasant physical symptoms and psychological preoccupations that may arise. There is uncertainty about the choice from varying recommendations for management of constipation and a varyin...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Clemens KE,Klaschik E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:An overview on breakthrough cancer pain (BTCP), including inherent limitations of the terminology, assessment, clinical presentation, and treatment options. RECENT FINDINGS:The estimated prevalence of BTCP is dependent on the defined cutoffs for controlled background pain and the magnitude of the pai...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Løhre ET,Thronæs M,Klepstad P

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To examine the symptom burden in cancer patients during the last days of life, its impact on nutrition and hydration, and the role of artificial nutrition and hydration in the final days. RECENT FINDINGS:During the last days of life, cancer patients often experience progressive functional decline and...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Hui D,Dev R,Bruera E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Determining which palliative interventions are appropriate within and between groups remains difficult because of the lack of prospective studies and heterogeneity in dyspnoea context, assessment and reporting. This review presents an evolution of dyspnoea theories, summarizes literature published dur...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Williams M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Agents used for systemic chemotherapy can alter normal bone homeostasis through mechanisms that affect both osteoblast and osteoclast function. The identification of those agents that influence maintenance of the bone-remodeling compartment is an important component of the drug development and testing...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Silbermann R,Roodman GD

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Highlight the difficulties patients, physicians, and the global economy face in relation to treatment of structural heart diseases. It is easy to be carried away by the excitement of medical advancement; however, it is difficult to demonstrate restraint. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) i...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： German KS,Kalra A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Breathlessness is a high-volume problem with 10% of adults experiencing the symptom daily placing a heavy burden on the health and wider economy. As it worsens, they enter the specialist and hospital-based symptom services where costs quickly escalate and people may find themselves in a place not of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Baxter N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review describes the role of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for the management of refractory dyspnea and other debilitating conditions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Recent studies, including a randomized trial comparing LVRS to medical therapy, are analyzed. RECEN...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Shah AA,D'Amico TA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Across all jurisdictions in which assisted dying is legally permissible, cancer is the primary reported underlying diagnosis. Therefore, oncologists are likely to be asked about assisted dying and should be equipped to respond to inquiries or requests for assisted dying. Because Medical Assistance in ...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Selby D,Bean S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Palliative sedation has been the subject of intensive debate since its first appearance in 1990. In a 2010 review of palliative sedation, the following areas were identified as lacking in consensus: inconsistent terminology, its use in nonphysical suffering, the ongoing experience of distress, and con...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Henry B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review examines recent literature on the psychosocial needs of and interventions for young women. We focus on the active treatment period given the toxicity of treatment, the incidence of anxiety, and depressive symptoms in these women during treatment. This review summarizes research relevant to...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Fernandes-Taylor S,Adesoye T,Bloom JR

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes recent developments in the management of gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by cancer patients and provides a framework for education, assessment and monitoring, and treatment. RECENT FINDINGS:Although many viable treatment options exist, gastrointestinal symptoms - particul...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Rangwala F,Zafar SY,Abernethy AP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Young women (<45 years of age) diagnosed with breast cancer face increased risk of sexual dysfunction as a result of their cancer-directed treatment. We will review the recent literature examining this critical challenge and discuss current efforts to address sexual dysfunction. RECENT FINDINGS:In th...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Zhou ES,Falk SJ,Bober SL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Overall survival of patients with pancreatic cancer is strongly conditioned by tumor biology and the incidence of malnutrition and metabolic disorders. In this landscape, the assessment of body composition is crucial to properly manage the clinical implications of muscle wasting. The pathogenesis of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in supportive and palliative care

authors： Basile D,Corvaja C,Caccialanza R,Aprile G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00