Research exploring the symptom burden in ESRD has shown it to be equal to that of the symptom burden experienced by patients with terminal cancer. Fatigue is one of the most prevalent symptoms experienced by ESRD patients. It is very debilitating. The severity of fatigue in ESRD has been ...
Cancer patients were more likely than families to believe that patient should be informed of the diagnosis (early-stage, 90.8 vs 69.9%, P<0.001; terminal stage, 60.5 vs 34.4%, P<0.001), and that doctor-in-charge was the appropriate person to disclose the diagnosis. Most participants thought...
BACKGROUND: Early detection before scintigraphic appearance of osseous metastatic spread might improve the outcome of breast cancer patients. The amino-ter... BRIELE,HA,WALKER,... - 《Cancer》 被引量: 24发表: 1990年 Treatment of the terminal stages of breast cancer An abstract is unavailable....
Stage 4 lung cancer is considered a late stage, at which point the treatment will become difficult and very expensive. So what do patients need to know when they have terminal lung cancer? more... Lung cancer drug Afatinib: What you need to know ...
The 4 Stages of Cancer The 4 stages of cancer can be broken down as follows: Stage 0 means the cancer is in one place. Stage 1 means a small tumor spread to nearby tissue. Stage 2 means the tumor is larger and may have spread. Stage 3 means the cancer may have started to spread ...
It was initially focused on terminally ill cancer patients but was extended to encompass various types of losses. Themodelprovides individuals with a framework to understand their emotions and cope with loss. There are no right or wrong emotions, and everyone’s grieving process is unique. Themode...
The use of targeted therapies in NSCLC has been of increasing importance especially in adenocarcinoma of the lung. Agents with lower levels of toxicity and efficacy at least as good as chemotherapy have been identified which can be utilized in lung cancer patients whose cancer cells show mutations...
The stages of grief when losing a dog are based on the response to loss as described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in the bookOn Death and Dying, published in 1969. Inspired by her work with terminally ill patients, Kübler-Ross researched death and those faced with it at the University of Ch...
A number of antimalarial drugs interfere with the electron transport chain and heme-related reactions; however, the biosynthesis of heme derivatives in Plasmodium parasites has not been fully elucidated. Here, we characterized the steps that lead to the
Cancer is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States, resulting in a high economic burden on individuals and the nation. Although community-level factors contribute significantly to health and disease, their assessment using traditional approaches of data collection (e.g., phon...