Abstract
This chapter presents a series of case studies with multiple choice question and answers on symptom management and palliative care. The first case study is about a 53-year-old woman with metastatic colon cancer involving the liver, abdominal pleura and lymph nodes, thoracic spine, and brain. Other case studies include a 49-year-old man with a recent diagnosis of unknown primary with metastatic disease involving his abdominal lymph nodes and an abdominal mass adjacent to the left kidney, and a 63-year-old man with a diagnosis of non-small-cell lung cancer. Finally, the chapter discusses a 56-year-old woman with metastatic non-small lung cancer. The chapter commences with factors contributing to the patient's nausea, and ends with a question of with regards to the patients cancer related fatigue, which of the following would not help improve her symptoms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Cancer Consult |
Subtitle of host publication | Expertise for Clinical Practice |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 851-859 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118589199 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781118589212 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 20 2014 |
Keywords
- Abdominal mass
- Fatigue
- Metastatic colon cancer
- Nausea
- Palliative care
- Symptom management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine