Control of common, non-pain cancer symptoms.
Despite major advances in cancer biology and therapeutics, cancer and its treatment continue to cause devastating suffering. Patients with advanced cancer most often experience multiple physical and psychological symptom concurrently. We review here some of the common non-pain cancer symptoms, focusing on the assessment and treatment of fatigue, anorexia and cachexia, dyspnea, and symptoms common near the end of life.
Von Roenn
Jamie H
JH
Department of Medicine, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. j-vonroenn@northwestern.edu
Paice
Judith A
JA
D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D019452:Terminally Ill