Cancer Symptom Cluster Management

Symptom Management in Patients With Lung Cancer

2.13.2. In patients with lung cancer who experience chronic pain, the use of the World Health Background: Many patients with lung cancer will develop symptoms related to their disease process or the treatment they are receiving. These symptoms can be as debilitating as the disease progression itself. To many physicians these problems can be the most diffi cult to manage. Methods: A detailed rev...

A symptom cluster and sentinel symptom experienced by women with lung cancer.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the symptom experience and a sentinel symptom and to describe the relationship of participant characteristics with symptom clusters. DESIGN Prospective, correlational study. SETTING Clinical sites in five U.S. states. SAMPLE 196 women six months to five years after non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis. METHODS Symptoms were measured during the past day an...

Measures and Methods for Symptom and Symptom Cluster Assessment in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.

OBJECTIVES To provide an overview of resources for measuring symptoms and symptom clusters in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer and to examine methodological strategies for evaluating symptom clusters. DATA SOURCES Published research articles and clinical experience. CONCLUSION Limited research has addressed symptoms and symptom clusters in AYAs with cancer. Reliable, valid, a...

Noradrenergic symptom cluster in depression

Implementation of Symptom Protocols for Nurses Providing Telephone‐Based Cancer Symptom Management: A Comparative Case Study

BACKGROUND The pan-Canadian Oncology Symptom Triage and Remote Support (COSTaRS) team developed 13 evidence-informed protocols for symptom management. AIM To build an effective and sustainable approach for implementing the COSTaRS protocols for nurses providing telephone-based symptom support to cancer patients. METHODS A comparative case study was guided by the Knowledge to Action Framewor...