A retrospective case note audit was conducted in order to determine the most prevalent symptoms in terminal dementia and to assess the palliation given. Seventeen case notes were audited. Pain and dyspnoea were the most common symptoms. The palliation and treatment of constipation and oral candidiasis was within current accepted practice. Palliation of other symptoms were inadequate compared to...

Background: Pain palliation in patients with bone metastases is of great importance. The ideal treatment method has to be fast, safe, effective and tolerable for the patient. Objective: Evaluation of efficacy and safety of computed tomography (CT) guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as a treatment method of painful bone metastases originating from NSCLC. Materials and methods: A total of thirt...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and initial efficacy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided focused ultrasound for the palliation of pain caused by bone metastases in patients in whom standard available treatments had been ineffective or not feasible. MATERIALS AND METHODS Informed consent was obtained in 11 patients (seven women, four men; average age, 58.6 years) with pain related to non-...

chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (crmo) is an inflammatory bone disease usually affecting children. a 9-year old boy presented with recurrent lower extremities pain and discomfort lasting for two years. in every time, symptoms vanished after several weeks. the patient received antibiotics only in one period of bone pain. in other occasions the patient didn’t received any antibiotics. ...

Hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC) causes substantial morbidity and mortality. There are increasing options for both first- and second-line therapy in the palliative treatment of patients with HRPC. Medications to control symptoms should first be optimized in patients with late-stage disease, and radiotherapy applied to dominant painful bone lesions. Docetaxel, mitoxantrone, satraplatin,...