TY - JOUR
T1 - Palliative care and the management of common distressing symptoms in advanced cancer
T2 - Pain, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue
AU - Henson, Lesley
AU - Maddocks, Matthew
AU - Evans, Catherine
AU - Davidson, Martin
AU - Hicks, Stephanie
AU - Higginson, Irene
PY - 2020/3/20
Y1 - 2020/3/20
N2 - Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With population growth and aging, the proportion of patients with multiple symptoms—both related and unrelated to their cancer—is anticipated to increase, supporting calls for a more routine and integrated approach to symptom management. This article presents a summary of the literature for the use of symptom assessment tools and reviews the management of four common and distressing symptoms commonly experienced by people with advanced cancer: pain, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue. We also discuss the role of palliative care in supporting a holistic approach to symptom management throughout the cancer trajectory.
AB - Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With population growth and aging, the proportion of patients with multiple symptoms—both related and unrelated to their cancer—is anticipated to increase, supporting calls for a more routine and integrated approach to symptom management. This article presents a summary of the literature for the use of symptom assessment tools and reviews the management of four common and distressing symptoms commonly experienced by people with advanced cancer: pain, breathlessness, nausea and vomiting, and fatigue. We also discuss the role of palliative care in supporting a holistic approach to symptom management throughout the cancer trajectory.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082099404&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1200/JCO.19.00470
DO - 10.1200/JCO.19.00470
M3 - Article
C2 - 32023162
AN - SCOPUS:85082099404
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 38
SP - 905
EP - 914
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 9
ER -