Effects of the hospital-based palliative care team on the care for cancer patients: an evaluation study

CY Kao, WY Hu, TY Chiu, CY Chen - International journal of nursing …, 2014 - Elsevier
palliative care team and acute hospital settings can improve patients’ pain control, dyspnea,
and dysphagia in … palliative care team on care for cancer patients in one hospital in Taiwan. …

Palliative radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in stage IVA/B esophageal cancer patients with dysphagia

T Kawamoto, K Nihei, K Sasai, K Karasawa - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
… in patients with incurable esophageal cancer is long-term relief from dysphagia without …
Several treatment modalities have been used for the palliation of dysphagia in patients with …

Variation in palliative care of esophageal cancer in clinical practice: factors associated with treatment decisions.

JL Opstelten, LRH De Wijkerslooth… - Diseases of the …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
… For example, despite a large Dutch randomized trial published in 2004 recommending
brachytherapy rather than stent placement as the primary treatment for the palliation of dysphagia

The role of palliative care in patients with neurological diseases

GD Borasio - Nature reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of patients and … Challenges in the palliative
care of patients with incurable … consider a patient with PD and early-onset dysphagia as …

The prevalence of patient-reported dysphagia and oral complications in cancer patients

J Frowen, R Hughes, J Skeat - Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020 - Springer
… ; however, we found that, with the exception of breast cancer patients who reported a 32%
prevalence of dysphagia, there was no significant difference in reported prevalence across …

Palliative chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for dysphagia in advanced oesophageal cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (TROG 03.01)

MG Penniment, PB De Ieso, JA Harvey… - The lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
… difference in dysphagia relief rate between patients who … We also found no statistically
significant difference in dysphagia … treatment option for the palliation of malignant dysphagia. …

Nutritional considerations for the palliative care patient

C Shaw, L Eldridge - International journal of palliative nursing, 2015 - magonlinelibrary.com
Many palliative care patients experience nutritional problems as their conditions progress. …
patients physically but also psychologically and can also have an effect on those caring for …

Prognostic indicators of neuromuscular disorders for palliative care referral

RSK Chang, YK Wong - Annals of palliative medicine, 2018 - apm.amegroups.org
… for early palliative care referral in this patient group. … indicators of palliative care referral in
this group of patients. This is … Dysphagia can directly threaten a patient’s life by choking with …

Palliative dilation for dysphagia in esophageal carcinoma

HA HEIT, LF JOHNSON, SR SIEGEL… - Annals of Internal …, 1978 - acpjournals.org
… in our patients, which enabled them to eat a soft or regular diet with minimal or no dysphagia.
… We believe that palliation of dysphagia by esophageal dilation is not done more routinely …

New developments in palliative therapy

PD Siersema - Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
… Most of these patients require palliative treatment to relieve dysphagia and to treat … their
role in the palliative care of patients with incurable cancer of the oesophagus or GE junction. …