Background Dyspnea is a common and distressing symptom for oncology patients.
However, dyspnea is not well-characterized and often underestimated by clinicians. This …

Context Advanced lung cancer patients typically have a poor prognosis and many symptoms
that interfere with functioning, contributing to high rates of emotional distress in both patients …

Purpose To investigate symptom severity, symptom cluster trajectories and sentinel
symptoms during chemotherapy cycle 1 in patients with lung cancer. Methods Patients with …

Background The effects of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and traditional
thoracotomy with respect to patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have only been assessed for …

Background Cancer stage at diagnosis is an important prognostic indicator for patient
outcomes, with detection at later stages associated with increased mortality and morbidity …

Purpose The aim of the study is to explore the relationship between the patients' symptom
burden and their family caregivers' benefit finding in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

Abstract Purpose Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are used to assess patients' symptoms
and supportive care needs. While PROs are increasingly employed in clinical practice …

Objectives The aims of this observational study were to 1) accrue newly diagnosed patients
with advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) awaiting the start of first-line …

Objectives Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for more than 80% of all lung
cancers, and its 5-year survival rate can be greatly improved by early diagnosis. However …

Background Patients dying with cancer can experience various physical and psychological
symptoms. We aimed to determine the type and severity of symptoms within the last 6 …