The experience of fatigue and other symptoms in patients receiving chemotherapy.

abstract：:To enable demand-based palliative care, it is important to know the perceptions of terminally ill patients and their family members regarding home and hospice as places of care at the end of life. Eight women and five men suffering from cancer and with a life expectancy of 3 months or less were interviewed. In each ca...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Luijkx KG,Schols JM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies show that chronic fatigue is the most frequently reported symptom related to cancer and its treatment. In order to evaluate the problem in Sweden, a questionnaire was mailed to 442 registered nurses in the autumn of 1995 with the aim of determining cancer nurses' views of the nature and causes of cancer-r...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Magnusson K,Karlsson E,Palmblad C,Leitner C,Paulson A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the responsiveness and interpretability of the Quality of Working Life Questionnaire for Cancer Survivors (QWLQ-CS). A cohort study was conducted in which 130 (self-)employed cancer survivors completed the QWLQ-CS at baseline and 107 at follow-up and six single-item external anchors to measure change. Cancer...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Tamminga SJ,de Jong M,Frings-Dresen MHW,de Boer AGEM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing body of evidence on the importance of work following a diagnosis of cancer and the need to provide better information, advice and related support to patients on work engagement. The aim of this study was to better understand the nature of those needs and to identify better ways to meet these for tho...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： MacLennan SJ,Murdoch SE,Cox T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For blood cancer patients, haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) donated by a relative can be lifesaving. However, related donors can face significant physical and psychosocial challenges. As the demand for adult-related HSC donors is increasing, it is important to review our understanding of adult-related HSC donors' need ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Zomerdijk N,Turner JM,Hill GR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions in improving quality of life for head and neck cancer patients. Five databases were systematically searched in July 2016. Studies were included if they reported original empirical data from intervention studies ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Calver L,Tickle A,Moghaddam N,Biswas S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research indicates there is confusion in the minds of patients and the public surrounding the issue of 'informed consent'. This confusion is compounded when patients are asked to participate in a clinical trial. This study aimed to survey, by self-completed postal questionnaires, the experiences and opinions of 100 ra...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Maslin A

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate quality of life (QoL) parameters in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and assess the potential differences between patients receiving chemotherapy and those undergoing supportive care interventions. In total, 210 women with MBC were enrolled in this prospective, ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Karamouzis MV,Ioannidis G,Rigatos G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the patterns of care and health care resource use (HCRU) in patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) who received ≥3 lines of systemic therapy in the United Kingdom (UK). Oncologists (n = 40) abstracted medical records for patients with metastatic SCCHN who ini...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： La EM,Smyth EN,Talbird SE,Li L,Kaye JA,Lin AB,Bowman L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with various forms of cancer receiving blood and marrow transplant (BMT) treatment at an outpatient clinic develop chemotherapy-related symptoms and an increased desire to use complementary and alternative medicine in order to address these symptoms. Art-making offers an inexpensive way to pass time and relie...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Mische Lawson L,Cline J,French A,Ismael N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to identify strategies to implement patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) into routine oncology outpatients' clinical care. METHODS:Qualitative focus groups were conducted with staff from multiple disciplines using a semistructured interview guide, with supporting data collec...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Roberts NA,Alexander K,Wyld D,Janda M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This module discusses the diverse cultural needs of people affected by cancer and how those needs can be assessed and met. The UK experience with Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) communities will be used to explore the issues of awareness of and detection of cancer. ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Thompson R,Van Der Molen B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic bone fractures are usually confined to the trunk in multiple myeloma (MM). But bilateral trochanteric fractures have not been reported in patients with MM before. Radiographic, histological and immunoelectrophoresis revealed typical features of MM. This report points out the importance of physical rehabilit...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Percin S,Candan F,Yilmaz A,Elden H,Aker A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of first-time enquirers using a cancer information service in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is presented. Our results show that women are three times more likely to use the service than men, with relatives and friends more likely to seek information on behalf of cancer patients than patients them...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Manning DL,Quigley P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of medical care delivered to patients with cancer near the end of life is a significant issue. Previous studies have defined several areas suggestive of aggressive cancer treatment as potentially representing poor quality care. The primary objective of current analysis was to examine chemotherapy and healt...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Schulkes KJG,van Walree IC,van Elden LJR,van den Bos F,van Huis-Tanja L,Lammers JJ,Ten Bokkel Huinink D,Hamaker ME

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is difficult for people from ethnically diverse communities to cope with, because there is inequality in getting information and services to meet their needs for prevention, prompt diagnosis, treatment, care and support. Research with black minority ethnic (BME) communities indicates a lack of knowledge about c...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Lanceley A,Cox CL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic mutations in key oncogenes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma are important determinants of tumour sensitivity to targeted therapies. Molecular screening for these predictive biomarkers is routinely used to inform treatment decisions; however, little is known about how best to communicate testi...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Liang R,Meiser B,Smith S,Kasparian NA,Lewis CR,Chin M,Long GV,Ward R,Menzies AM,Harris-Wai JN,Kaur R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and Neck (H&N) cancer treatment can have a major detrimental impact on patient lives, and these issues can go unrecognised and be inadequately addressed. The aim of this paper is to compare the Patient Concerns Inventory (PCI) responses across age groups attending routine H&N cancer follow-up clinics with particu...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Rogers SN,Audisio RA,Lowe D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND:Discussion of treatment goals between oncologists and patients is challenging. Patients frequently misunderstand goals of therapy. There are several methods to document goals of chemotherapy, however, and are frequently not incorporated into patient charts. METHODS/DESIGN:Cancer patients receiving...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Monga V,Maliske SM,Kaleem H,Mott SL,K D Zamba G,Milhem M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With fever being the most common manifestation of early sepsis, clinical practice guidelines emphasise the prompt institution of broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy at its onset. An audit was performed on the haematology ward to determine whether there was any delay in starting antibiotic treatment during neutropenia...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： van Vliet M,Potting CM,Sturm PD,Donnelly JP,Blijlevens NM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses in-depth interviews of 12 persons, who had been diagnosed for cancer from 6 months to 3 years earlier, concerning what it is like to live with the diagnosis of cancer. The persons interviewed were aged 43-70 years, and 11 of the 12 had received successful radical treatment; one patient was treat...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Saegrov S,Halding AG

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the use of methadone in patients with cancer pain who fail to respond to increasing doses of other opioids or experience intolerable side-effects from them. METHOD:Inpatients of a specialist palliative care unit were titrated onto oral methadone. The dose was calculated as 10% of the previous morphine eq...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Scholes CF,Gonty N,Trotman IF

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer care is complex, and made more so by multimorbidity and ageing. Multimorbidity affects all stages of cancer care from prevention and early detection through to end of life care. The effectiveness of cancer treatments in multimorbid patients may not be understood, as many conditions common in older people may be...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Mazza D,Mitchell G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across Australia, prostate cancer support groups (PCSG) have emerged to fill a gap in psychosocial care for men and their families. However, an understanding of the triggers and influencers of the PCSG movement is absent. We interviewed 21 SG leaders (19 PC survivors, two partners), of whom six also attended a focus g...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Dunn J,Casey C,Sandoe D,Hyde MK,Cheron-Sauer MC,Lowe A,Oliffe JL,Chambers SK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored men's experiences of transrectal prostate biopsy. Fifty men who had had a prostate biopsy talked about the experience as part of an in-depth interview; 36 were interviewed in 2000 about all aspects of prostate cancer, and 14 in 2005 about their experience of prostate-specific antigen testing, subse...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Chapple AB,Ziebland S,Brewster S,McPherson A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of cancer survivors and the tradition of long-term follow-up in the outpatient clinic has resulted in overcrowded oncology clinics and long waiting times. Little is known about patients' perceptions of their clinic attendance. This survey of 252 oncology patients investigated patients' satisfaction ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Thomas S,Glynne-Jones R,Chait I

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers metastatic to the eye are the most common intraocular malignancies. Breast, lung and gastrointestinal malignancies are the most common to the eye, with others forming a smaller group. This communication presents a very rare case of a choroidal secondary from a squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid. ...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Puri P,Motwani N,Pande M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In South Africa, cervical cancer is the most common female cancer followed by breast cancer. Despite the high incidence of these cancers, population-based screening is limited to cervical screening available at primary health clinics. Cervical screening uptake is, however, low. In 2009 a new cancer prevention initiati...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Tum SJ,Maree JE,Clarke M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify high support needs and their socio-demographic predictors to improve supportive care for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. A cross-sectional study measured patients' needs and unsatisfied support needs by the supportive care needs survey (SCNS-34), administered after surgery, chemoth...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Griesser AC,Vlastos G,Morel L,Beaume C,Sappino AP,Haller G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate satisfaction with the National Cancer Screening Programme of mammography in Korea and to examine the association between subscales of satisfaction and general satisfaction. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey for women who had obtained a National Cancer Screening Progr...

journal_title：European journal of cancer care

authors： Jeon BY,Lee HY,Park EC,Choi KS,Jun JK,Kim Y,Han MA,Yoon NH,Kim EJ,Jeon SM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00