Palliative Care and the Management of Common Distressing Symptoms in Advanced Cancer: Pain, Breathlessness, Nausea and Vomiting, and Fatigue
Year: 2020
Type: review
Abstract: Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With population growth and aging, the proportion of patients with multiple symptoms-both related and unrelated to their cancer-is anticipated to increase, supporting calls for a more routine and integrated approach to symptom management. This article presents a summary of the literature for the use of symptom assessment tools and reviews the management of four common and distressing symptoms commonly experienced by people with advanced cancer: pain, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue. We also discuss the role of palliative care in supporting a holistic approach to symptom management throughout the cancer trajectory.
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology
DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00470
Authors: Lesley A. Henson, Matthew Maddocks, Catherine Evans, Martin Davidson, Stephanie Hicks, Irene J. Higginson
Institutions: National Health Service, King's College Hospital
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Awards: Developing 'frailty fit' pulmonary rehabilitation services for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, G2173162107, A randomised placebo-controlled trial investigating the effect of bilateral quadriceps neuromuscular electrical stimulation on exercise capacity in patients with severe COPD., NIHR Senior Investigator Award, Clinical Trials Fellowship, Managing clinical uncertainty for older people in community hospitals to improve communication and palliative care; development, implementation and evaluation of the SPACEtoolkit – Symptom and Psychosocial Assessment and Communication Evaluation
OpenAlex ID: W3004788743