title: Symptom management in metastatic breast cancer.
abstract: Approximately 40,000 women die as a result of breast cancer each year and many more live with advanced disease. When breast cancer recurs, the goals of treatment often shift from one of cure to controlling the disease for as long as possible while palliating symptoms interfering with the patient's functional status and quality of life. This requires ongoing discussions with the patient and family about the goals of care. Many symptoms depend on the site of metastasis, with bone being the most frequent, and commonly occur with fatigue, depression, insomnia, and pain. The purpose of this paper is to identify and provide an overview of the management of the most common symptoms in patients with breast cancer metastases.
authors: R.N., A.O.C.N., F.A.A.N., School of Nursing, Carrington Hall #7460, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7460, USA.
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Irvin
authors: Hyman B
authors: HB
authors: Muss
authors: Deborah K
authors: DK
authors: Mayer
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life