Interdependence of physical and psychological morbidity among patients with cancer and family caregivers: review of the literature

BP Streck, DW Wardell, G LoBiondo‐Wood… - Psycho …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Caregivers for patients with cancer have an integral role in maintaining patients'
health. Although patients and caregivers experience the impact of cancer individually …

Critical analysis of quality of life and cost-effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for patient's undergoing urologic oncology surgery: a systematic …

NA Brooks, A Kokorovic, JS McGrath, W Kassouf… - World journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols have been implemented across
a variety of disciplines to improve outcomes. Herein we describe the impact of ERAS on …

Randomized trial of a smartphone mobile app to improve symptoms and adherence to oral therapy for cancer

JA Greer, JM Jacobs, N Pensak, LE Nisotel… - Journal of the National …, 2020 - jnccn.org
Background: Patients with cancer are increasingly prescribed oral therapies, bearing greater
responsibility for self-management of treatment adherence and adverse events. We …

Quality of life in patients with cervical cancer after open versus minimally invasive radical hysterectomy (LACC): a secondary outcome of a multicentre, randomised …

M Frumovitz, A Obermair, RL Coleman… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background In the phase 3 LACC trial and a subsequent population-level review, minimally
invasive radical hysterectomy was shown to be associated with worse disease-free survival …

Randomized multicenter trial of sirolimus vs prednisone as initial therapy for standard-risk acute GVHD: the BMT CTN 1501 trial

J Pidala, M Hamadani, P Dawson… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Clinical-and biomarker-based tools may identify a lower-risk acute graft-versus-host disease
(GVHD) population amenable to novel, reduced-intensity treatments. Previous data suggest …

Prospective development of a patient‐reported outcomes instrument for desmoid tumors or aggressive fibromatosis

MM Gounder, LA Maddux, J Paty, TM Atkinson - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Desmoid tumors (or aggressive fibromatosis) are locally infiltrative connective‐
tissue tumors that can arise in any anatomic location; they can be asymptomatic, or they can …

The effect of perceived social support on chemotherapy-related symptoms in patients with breast cancer: a prospective observational study

GH Oh, CW Yeom, EJ Shim, D Jung, KM Lee… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Few studies have examined the effect of perceived social support (PSS) on
chemotherapy-related symptoms (CRS). This study examined the effect of PSS on CRS in …

[HTML][HTML] The value of immunotherapy for survivors of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer: patient perspectives on quality of life

R Park, JW Shaw, A Korn, J McAuliffe - Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine what personally mattered to 24 patients who
received immuno-oncology (IO) therapy for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as …

Emerging from the haze: a multicenter, controlled pilot study of a multidimensional, psychoeducation-based cognitive rehabilitation intervention for breast cancer …

JS Myers, G Cook-Wiens, R Baynes, MY Jo… - Archives of physical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To quantify the effect of a psychoeducation-based cognitive rehabilitation
intervention on breast cancer survivors' self-report of cognitive function and investigate the …

Patient‐reported outcome measures in studies of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia: Literature review and landscape analysis

R Stauder, J Lambert… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aims to describe the use of patient‐reported outcome measures
(PROMs) in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) studies …