title: Supportive care in lung cancer: clinical update.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a clinical update regarding common distressing lung cancer symptoms and provide an update on management interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Journal articles, systematic reviews.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Goals of treatment of the patient with lung cancer must include management of the high symptom burden that often accompanies the disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Early assessment and management of symptoms improves quality of life. Nurses play a key role in implementing and monitoring these interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA. huhmanma@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huhmann
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camporeale
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia; D002100:Cachexia; D003371:Cough; D004417:Dyspnea; D005221:Fatigue; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010146:Pain; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology