The management of fibromyalgia patients involves a complex interplay between pharmacological management of pain and associated symptoms and the use of non-pharmacological modalities. As the elimination of all FMS symptoms (i.e. a cure) is not currently possible; the philosophy of management is symptom palliation and functional restoration. The presentation of fibromyalgia symptomatology is high...

      Bone is the third most common site of metastatic disease. Bone pain is the major source of morbidity associated bone metastasis. Bone-seeking radiopharma- ceuticals have been applied for many years. The ability to simultaneously treat multiple sites of disease with a more probable therapeutic effect in earlier phases of metastatic disease is one of the advantages of radiopharmaceuticals. ...

The purpose of the present work was to introduce 141Ce-EDTMP as a novel potential future pain palliative agent to patients suffering from disseminated skeletal metastases and diagnostic imaging radioisotope as well. Cerium-141 [T1/2 = 32.501 days, Eβ (max) = 0.580 (29.8%) and 0.435(70.2%) MeV, Eγ = 145.44 (48.2%) keV] possesses radionuclidic properties suitable for use in palliative therapy of ...

AIMS To determine quality of life (QoL) outcomes after palliation of pain from bone metastases using magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-guided HIFU), measured using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C15-PAL and the QLQ-BM22 questionnaires. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients undergoing MR-guided HIFU in an international m...

BACKGROUND Carcinoma of the esophagus often presents at an advanced stage, with absolute dysphagia or aspiration. Palliative procedures have an important role in improving the quality of life (QOL) of patients who are not candidates for curative therapy. We report on the efficacy and complications of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) in such patients. METHODS Ultraflex nitinol SEMS were p...

BACKGROUND All 3 palliation strategies, Norwood, Sano, and Hybrid, currently used for hypoplastic left heart syndrome pose a risk of myocardial injury at different times and through different mechanisms. We sought to compare these strategies to understand longitudinal differences in interstage ventricular dysfunction and their subsequent impact on transplant-free survival and atrioventricular v...

treatment of bone metastases comprises over 10% of the workload of a radiation-oncology center. bone metastases produce severe pain and immobility, necessitate narcotic use, and reduce the quality of life. a good palliative treatment must be complete, free from side effects and fast; thus we decided to evaluate strontium-89 (89sr) effectivity for palliation of breast and prostate cancer bone me...