Symptom management for patients with pancreatic cancer.
Patients with pancreatic cancer have multiple symptoms from both disease and treatment. Pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue, pruritus, and dyspnea are the most common symptoms. Until better treatments are found, patients with pancreatic cancer need effective symptom management to improve their quality of life.
Held-Warmkessel
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Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Volpe
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Waldman
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D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D011788:Quality of Life