TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer-related symptoms
AU - Cleeland, Charles S.
N1 - Funding Information:
.From the -Pain Research Group, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Supported by Public Health Service grant CA26582 from the National Cancer Institute, and SIG 21from the American Cancer Society. Address reprint requests to Charles S. Cleeland, PhD, Pain Research Group, Box 221, University of TexcL~M . D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1100 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030. Copyright 9 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company 1053-4296/00/1003/0002510.00/0 doi:l O.1 053/srao.2000.6590
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Patients with cancer experience multiple symptoms including pain, dyspnea, fatigue, depression, and cognitive impairment. These symptoms impair patients' daily functioning and their quality of life. Symptoms that can be well managed are often undertreated. A major barrier to adequate symptom treatment is poor assessment. The use of simple measurement scales greatly improves the symptom assessment process, helps direct treatment choices, and provides information about the effectiveness of treatment. Recently, better methods for symptom assessment have been developed, including brief self-report tools for the assessment of multiple symptoms and interactive voice response systems for assessing symptoms at home. Symptom assessment can be linked to evidence-based or best practice guidelines to expedite optimal symptom treatment. Because patients with cancer receiving radiotherapy are seen in the clinic frequently, the radiation oncologist can play an integral role in a comprehensive approach that involves both the medical and radiotherapeutic treatment of cancer-related symptoms. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.
AB - Patients with cancer experience multiple symptoms including pain, dyspnea, fatigue, depression, and cognitive impairment. These symptoms impair patients' daily functioning and their quality of life. Symptoms that can be well managed are often undertreated. A major barrier to adequate symptom treatment is poor assessment. The use of simple measurement scales greatly improves the symptom assessment process, helps direct treatment choices, and provides information about the effectiveness of treatment. Recently, better methods for symptom assessment have been developed, including brief self-report tools for the assessment of multiple symptoms and interactive voice response systems for assessing symptoms at home. Symptom assessment can be linked to evidence-based or best practice guidelines to expedite optimal symptom treatment. Because patients with cancer receiving radiotherapy are seen in the clinic frequently, the radiation oncologist can play an integral role in a comprehensive approach that involves both the medical and radiotherapeutic treatment of cancer-related symptoms. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.
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U2 - 10.1053/srao.2000.6590
DO - 10.1053/srao.2000.6590
M3 - Article
C2 - 11034629
AN - SCOPUS:0033922214
SN - 1053-4296
VL - 10
SP - 175
EP - 190
JO - Seminars in radiation oncology
JF - Seminars in radiation oncology
IS - 3
ER -