Symptom control in advanced gastrointestinal cancer.
Patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer develop many symptoms as the disease progresses. However, the common problems of pain, nausea and vomiting, anorexia, constipation and intestinal obstruction can all be relieved by appropriate pharmacological treatment.
Baines
M J
MJ
The Ellenor Foundation, Livingstone Hospital, Dartford, Kent, UK.
D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003248:Constipation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009325:Nausea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010166:Palliative Care; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology