Good symptom management in oncology is associated with improved patient and family
quality of life, greater treatment compliance, and may even offer survival advantages. With …

Context Routine symptom assessment represents the cornerstone of symptom management.
Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) is one of the first quantitative symptom …

Purpose Improvement in the quality of life of patients with cancer requires attention to
symptom burden across the continuum of care, with the use of patient-reported outcomes …

Background The global prevalence of cancer is rapidly increasing and will increase the
acute care needs of patients with cancer, including emergency department (ED) care …

Objective People with cancer are increasingly more likely to visit an emergency department
for acute care than the general population. They often have long wait times and more …

Poorly controlled symptoms are common and debilitating during cancer treatment and can
affect functional status and quality of life, health care resource utilization, treatment …

Purpose Patients with advanced cancer commonly visit the emergency department (ED)
during the last 3 months of life. Identification of these patients and their palliative care needs …

Purpose Patients who undergo surgery for lung cancer experience a variety of symptoms,
such as pain and coughing, which interfere with their postoperative daily functions …

Abstract Background The use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in routine
clinical care can help ensure symptoms are identified, acknowledged and addressed. In …

Background Pancreatic cancer is noted for its late presentation at diagnosis, limited
prognosis and physical and psychosocial symptom burden. This study examined …