EP-1265 IS LIFE EXPECTANCY A FACTOR TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE THERAPEUTIC DECISION OF BONE METASTASES? - Radiotherapy and Oncologydoi:10.1016/S0167-8140(12)71598-0Jimenez, R.Foro, P.Becerra, N.Caballero, S.Prieto, M.Lopez, C.Anton, N....
Discussing life expectancy with terminally ill cancer patients and their carers: a qualitative study Goals of work There is uncertainty regarding the preferred content and phrasing of information when discussing life expectancy with terminally ill cancer ... JM Clayton,PN Butow,RM Arnold,... - 《...
Hello, folks. My mother has been diagnosed with colon cancer. I think that she has no metastases, but I know that this cancer is extremely serious. I would like to find out something more about the life expectancy for this type of cancer. Can anyone provide me with more info? Thanks. ...
Retrospective study of 55 consecutive patients with spinal metastases secondary to breast cancer who underwent surgery.To evaluate the predictive value of the Tokuhashi score for life expectancy in patients with breast cancer with spinal metastases.The score, composed of 6 parameters each rated from 0...
A patient suffering renal cancer with bone metastases that paralysed her was still in treatment. Yet, she needed to remind us regularly that she was determined to request euthanasia at some point in the future. When we asked why, she said that she did not want to end up ‘attached to a...
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[ 1 , 2 ], survival of patients with malignancies is improving as a result of new treatments and management strategies [ 2 ], and 3) life expectancy has increased in older individuals, patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and patients treated with anticancer medications or...
Effectiveness of hypofractionated radiotherapy in painful bone metastases. Two prospective studies with 1 x 4 Gy and 4 x 4 Gy. regarding the adequacy of low-dose short radiation schedules for long-term pain control which give maximum benefit in patients with a short life expectancy... M Bremer...
but might also in turn raise one’s risk of cancer later in life. Large size is associated with greater cancer risk, particularly in fast-growing tissues such as bone and brain. Recent evidence suggests this may be related to the strong correlation between lifetime risk of cancer and the nu...
Patients were required to have a life expectancy of at least 12 weeks and a ECOG performance status of ≤ 3 and must not have received active cancer treatment for least 21 days prior to entrance onto the trial. Adequate organ reserve in terms of bone marrow, hepatic, renal and cardiac ...