Advances of palliative cancer treatments in the last eight years: A selected literature review

Palliative care is a comprehensive method of care management intended for patients with non-curable cancers. It aims to manage physical symptoms while also taking into account a patient's psychological, social, and emotional quality of life (QOL). Researchers aimed to review selected recent adv...

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Published inJournal of pain management Vol. 8; no. 2; p. 91
Main Authors Chu, Dominic, Chiu, Nicholas, Wong, Erin, Lao, Nicholas, DeAngelis, Carlo, McDonald, Rachel, Pulenzas, Natalie, Hamer, Julia, Popovic, Marko, Vuong, Sherlyn, Chow, Edward
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hauppauge Nova Science Publishers, Inc 01.09.2015
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Cancer
Cancer therapies
Oncology
Pain management
Palliative care
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Summary:Palliative care is a comprehensive method of care management intended for patients with non-curable cancers. It aims to manage physical symptoms while also taking into account a patient's psychological, social, and emotional quality of life (QOL). Researchers aimed to review selected recent advances in palliative care of cancer patients within the last 8 years, specifically advances in prolonging overall survival. Progression free survival, symptom palliation, and QOL were additionally studied as important secondary outcomes. They have identified phase 3 randomized controlled trials attempting to improve overall survival, which were published in The Lancet, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and The New England Journal of Medicine from Jan 1, 2006 to Jun 31, 2014. They also included studies identifying advances in progression free survival and QOL. 21 studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies evaluated advances in treatments regarding colorectal, prostate, breast, gastric and gastro-oesophageal, head and neck, hepatocellular, lung cancer, as well as glioblastoma.
ISSN:1939-5914