Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
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Support Care Cancer · Mar 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialSymptom response analysis of a randomized controlled trial of reflexology for symptom management among women with advanced breast cancer.
To examine symptom responses resulting from a home-based reflexology intervention delivered by a friend/family caregivers to women with advanced breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy, targeted, and/or hormonal therapy. ⋯ Home-based caregiver-delivered reflexology was helpful in decreasing patient-reported pain. Age, comorbid conditions, and depression are potentially important tailoring factors for future research and can be used to identify patients who may benefit from reflexology.
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Support Care Cancer · Mar 2020
Mind-body medicine use by women diagnosed with breast cancer: results of a nationally representative survey.
Worldwide breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and often associated with a profound physiological stress reaction. Mind-body medicine modalities have been proven effective in reducing stress symptoms. This article will cover the prevalence of MBM use in women with and without breast cancer in the US population and detect predictors of MBM use in women diagnosed with breast cancer. ⋯ In this nationally representative sample of the USA, the most common used MBM approach was spiritual meditation, while this approach is much less researched than the evidence based approaches of yoga and mindfulness meditation. Especially stressed individuals worldwide could benefit from MBM the literature suggests. Particularly in the acute survivorship stage, influencing the initial stress reaction could be beneficial.
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Support Care Cancer · Feb 2020
Prognostic accuracy of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) and quick SOFA for mortality in cancer patients with sepsis defined by systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).
We aimed to assess the prognostic accuracy of SOFA and qSOFA scores in cancer patients with sepsis, and also to determine if the addition of hyperlactatemia to qSOFA increases the accuracy in predicting the 30-day mortality. ⋯ In cancer patients with sepsis, qSOFA was inferior to SOFA in predicting mortality. However, adding lactate to qSOFA resulted in greater prognostic accuracy for short-term mortality, comparable with SOFA.
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Support Care Cancer · Feb 2020
Practices and opinions of specialized palliative care physicians regarding early palliative care in oncology.
To describe the practices and opinions of specialized palliative care (SPC) physicians regarding early palliative care for patients with cancer, determine characteristics associated with receiving early referrals; and solicit opinions regarding renaming the specialty "supportive care." ⋯ Although most SPC physicians supported early palliative care in oncology, the timing of referrals was often late, and was associated with characteristics of SPC physicians. Few SPC physicians supported renaming palliative care.
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Support Care Cancer · Jan 2020
Multicenter Study Observational StudySurvey and analysis of the nutritional status in hospitalized patients with malignant gastric tumors and its influence on the quality of life.
The assessment of nutritional status and the quality of life in patients with gastric cancer has become one of the important goals of current clinical treatment. The purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional status in hospitalized gastric cancer patients by using patient-generated subjective global assessment (PG-SGA) and to analyze the influence of nutritional status on the patients' quality of life (QOL). ⋯ Malnutrition of hospitalized patients with gastric cancer in China is common and seriously affects the patients' quality of life. The nutritional status should be evaluated in a timely manner and reasonable nutritional intervention should be provided as soon as possible. The PG-SGA was fit for using as a clinical nutrition assessment method, being worthy of clinical application.