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BACKGROUNDMinority patients with breast cancer are at risk for undertreatment of cancer‐related pain. The authors evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of an automated pain intervention for improving pain and symptom management of underserved African American and Latina women with breast cancer.
METHODSSixty low‐income African American and Latina women with breast cancer and cancer‐related pain...
BACKGROUNDThe objective of this study was to examine associations of symptoms with physical and mental health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and in patients with lung cancer.
METHODSPatients with newly diagnosed CRC (n = 3040) or lung cancer (n = 2297) who were participating in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium study completed...
BACKGROUNDFamily caregivers (FCGs) experience significant deteriorations in quality of life while caring for patients with lung cancer. In this study, the authors tested the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary palliative care intervention for FCGs of patients diagnosed with stage I through IV nonsmall cell lung cancer.
METHODSFCGs who were identified by patients as their primary caregivers were...
BACKGROUNDSystematic symptom assessment is not routinely performed in pediatric oncology. The objectives of the current study were to characterize the symptoms of pediatric oncology outpatients and evaluate agreement between patient and proxy reports and the association between children's ratings and oncologists' treatment recommendations.
METHODSTwo versions of the pediatric Memorial Symptom Assessment...
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