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Curr Opin Support Palliat Care · Jun 2010
ReviewManagement of dyspnea in advanced lung cancer: recent data and emerging concepts.
- Dong Xue and Amy P Abernethy.
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, PR China. xuedong123321@yahoo.cn
- Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2010 Jun 1;4(2):85-91.
Purpose Of ReviewOne of the most common symptoms for lung cancer patients, dyspnea, can seriously impact patients' quality of life.Recent FindingsAlongside conventional disease-focused approaches in lung cancer treatment, notably surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, physicians and researchers alike are increasingly attending to symptom control and seeking to evaluate the effectiveness of available interventions in mitigating symptoms.SummaryThis study reviews several interesting advances in the area of dyspnea with respect to symptom assessment and management.
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