title: Lung cancer. Palliative care.
abstract: The majority of patients who acquire lung cancer will have troublesome symptoms at some time during the course of their disease. Some of the symptoms are common to many types of cancers, while others are more often encountered with lung cancer than other primary sites. The most common symptoms are pain, dyspnea, and cough. This document will address the management of these symptoms, and it will also address the palliation of specific problems that are commonly seen in lung cancer: metastases to the brain, spinal cord, and bones; hemoptysis; tracheoesophageal fistula; and obstruction of the superior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, Immunology, and Sleep Disorders Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. pkvale1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kvale
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simoff
authors.forename: Udaya B S
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D003371:Cough / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics