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Symptoms and quality of life in patients with brain metastases receiving whole-brain radiation therapy
Patients with multiple brain metastases may be treated with whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT). For these patients, symptom palliation and improvement of quality of life (QOL) and performance status is of th...
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Student Accomplishments in the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program: A 10-Year Review
In 1996, the Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre developed the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program (RRRP). The objective of this clinic is to consult, simulate, plan, and treat patients with palliative r...
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Prophylactic dexamethasone effectively reduces the incidence of pain flare following spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT): a prospective observational study
The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of pain flare (PF) in patients receiving spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treated with prophylactic oral dexamethasone (DEX) 1 h before and f...
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Minimal clinically important differences in the EORTC QLQ-BN20 in patients with brain metastases
Quality of life (QOL) is an important treatment endpoint in advanced cancer patients with brain metastases. In clinical trials, statistically significant changes can be reached in a large enough population; ho...
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Symptom clusters of gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy using the Functional Living Index—Emesis (FLIE) quality-of-life tool
The Functional Living Index—Emesis (FLIE) instrument is a validated nausea and vomiting specific quality of life (QOL) tool originally created as a 3-day test of the impact of chemotherapy-induced nausea and v...
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Fatigue scores in patients receiving palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in fatigue scores for patients receiving radiation therapy for bone metastases and its impact on quality of life (QOL).
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Breakthrough cancer pain: a comparison of surveys with European and Canadian patients
Breakthrough cancer pain is defined as a transient exacerbation of pain that occurs spontaneously or in response to a trigger, despite stable and controlled background pain. Breakthrough pain often causes sign...
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Comparison of the EORTC QLQ-BN20 and the FACT-Br quality of life questionnaires for patients with primary brain cancers: a literature review
This review compares and contrasts the development, validity, and characteristics of two quality of life (QOL) assessment tools used in patients with primary brain cancers: the European Organization for Resear...
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Bone Metastases
Bone is one of the most common sites of metastasis. This chapter addresses three notable issues for bone metastases patients receiving radiotherapy: prognosis, complications affecting this patient population a...
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Determinants of quality of life in advanced cancer patients with bone metastases undergoing palliative radiation treatment
Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is critical to effective delivery of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer. The current study analyzes relationships between baseline social dete...
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Minimal clinically important differences in the brief pain inventory in patients with bone metastases
The brief pain inventory (BPI) is often used to assess pain and functional interference as a result of pain in cancer patients. Minor improvements or deteriorations in BPI may be statistically significant due ...
