palliative care in advanced cancer

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... undertaken in palliative care sites, in South Africa and in Uganda, based in rural, periurban and urban areas, including homecare, day care and inpatient facilities Two of the sites provide care from ... multi-centre, international approach with early and ongoing input of pan-African clinicians and researchers, and the full validation in diverse inpatient and home care settings, in both HIV and cancer ... outcome tools Progress in Palliative Care 2007, 15:55-59 12 Collins K, Harding R: Improving HIV management in sub-Saharan Africa: How much palliative care is needed? AIDS Care 2007, 19(10):1304-1306...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... sample than in all previous studies using the MVQOLI both in the USA [43,58] and Uganda, [44] indicating worse QOL in these domains Our data go against the findings of a qualitative study in Kenya ... regarding the importance of interpersonal and spiritual domains in incurable progressive disease [35,61,69-71] Our findings also suggest that patients with HIV receiving palliative care in South ... palliative care cancer patients: a literature review J Clin Nurs 2006, 15:1188-1195 22 WHO definition of palliative care [http://www.who.int /cancer /palliative/ definition/en/] 23 Higginson IJ,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... messages and educating the population and they can serve immensely in vocational training with adequate methodology Thinking about history in the cinema is related to how we think in medicine: what the ... http://www.usal.es/~revistamedicinacine/numero_1/version_ingles/ing_1/ed_ing_1.pdf 2.- Menéndez A, Medina RM Cine, Historia y Medicina Seminario de la asignatura de Historia de la Medicina Conecta [serial on the Internet] ... (Figure 4), in intensive care units, in psychotherapy, in preoperatory and even in actions for improving the self -care of health workers Humour and laughter are useful when establishing a relationship...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20

... I16 those providing day-to-day care to patients and carers those who specialise in palliative care (consultants in palliative medicine and clinical nurse specialists in palliative care, for example), ... plans to promote co-ordinated care These plans might include: • establishing joint clinics • undertaking joint ward rounds • participating in multidisciplinary meetings that include people from ... role of the 34 Cancer Networks in England and the three Cancer Networks in Wales in developing integrated care, improving clinical outcomes, providing cost-effective services, improving the experience...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... National Cancer Institute to assume a central role in advancing palliative care Many cancer care providers say they would like to integrate palliative services into their cancer care but need the kind ... comfortable in enrolling patients in cancer trials in the future knowing that patients who simultaneously receive palliative care so much better Ironically, despite these positive findings, including ... treatment The Institute of Medicine has played a leading role in defining this bright vision Its 1997 report Approaching Death, and subsequent NCPB reports, including Ensuring Quality Cancer Care and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... vaccine against HPV–16 has been tested in a double-blind trial and found to be effective in preventing infection and CIN NCI recently initiated a Phase HPV–16 prevention trial in Costa Rica Routine ... ensuring that cervical cancer is addressed in existing and developing state cancer control plans; and (3) advocating for cancer control plans in states where they not yet exist Strengthening Advocacy ... successful in increasing Pap test use among historically underserved women.43 Likewise, provideroriented interventions, including reminders and education, can increase screening rates.44 Provider interventions...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... behind other medical disciplines in palliative care in general or in care for dying patients In fact, the cancer establishment has played a leading role in the area of pain management, using ... including improved financing of hospice care, expanding the availability of palliative care approaches from hospice programs to cancer centers (including offering palliative care as an option in ... influenced by and affects reimbursement policy; IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR CANCER • inadequate training of health care personnel in symptom management and other palliative care skills; • inadequate...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 12:20

... 42 43 in advanced cancer patients of a diversified prime-and-boost vaccination protocol using recombinant vaccinia virus and recombinant nonreplicating avipox virus to elicit anti-carcinoembryonic ... cancer patients Many clinical trials have been conducted using active specific immunotherapy (ASI) in CRC, including autologous tumor cell vaccines, define-tumor protein vaccines, monoclonal antibodies ... suspected minimal residual colorectal cancer (suspected minimal residual CRC), and reviewed the objective clinical outcomes of ASI in advanced colorectal cancer (advanced CRC) during the past...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... professionals working in palliative care The questionnaire included questions on: • use of tools in general including questions for those not using tools; • use of tools and PROMs in clinical care/ audit ... measurement in eol care Our findings indicate that these respondents, while mostly committed to measuring outcomes, clearly indicated a cry for help in relation to guidance and training in outcome ... African Palliative Care Association (APCA) is a membership organisation for individuals and organisations interested in and working in palliative care in Africa APCA has 475 individual contacts...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Innovative Practice in Palliative Care Our university’s undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum offer training in palliative care in a patient-centered model, including spiritual care and cultural ... Data Integration in Palliative Health Care 185 Benjamin Eze Chapter 13 Information Needs in Palliative Care: Patient and Family Perspectives 199 Yaël Tibi-Lévy and Martine Bungener Chapter 14 Palliative ... attitudes against death and political disinterest (Irigoyen,2002) So, this kind of initiative can help in this improvement in medical education Teaching Palliative Care in a Free Clinic: A Brazilian...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 13:20

... probably could introduce new insight into clinical practice to assure better clinical outcomes By comparing the gene expression patterns of gefitinib sensitive and gefitinib resistant lung cancer, Balko ... lung cancer Ann Oncol 2007; 18(1): 99-103 Sequist LV, Martins RG, Spigel D, et al First-Line Gefitinib in Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Harboring Somatic EGFR Mutations J Clin ... factor receptor and in KRAS are predictive and prognostic indicators in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with chemotherapy alone and in combination with erlotinib J Clin Oncol 2005;...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 17:20

... ultrasound, while directing planes of surgery during the excision This in turn is helpful in guaranteeing both negative margins and an adequate contour of resection in order to minimize the volume ... node involvement is the single most important prognostic factor for survival in breast cancer patients, and consequently information about it provide both staging information and guidance regarding ... this information has resulted in a rapid increment of Breast Fellowship, recognizing that appropriate training is one of the key factors in improving quality of care Currently, the number of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21

... debulking in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer has been compared with chemotherapy and interval debulking in different studies Equal survival has been reported in patients undergoing ... with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer In America 95% of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer are treated with primary surgery [15] Regarding that residual tumor is more than cm in ... indications have not yet determined A critical point in order to define indications of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer is determination of uniform selection criteria that can...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:21

... approach in patients with advanced hypopharyngeal cancer Concerning the radiotherapy technique in the treatment of hypopharyngeal cancer, we recommend the adoption of IMRT in the routine clinical ... routine laboratory studies Patients were staged according to the 2002 criteria of the American Joint Committee on Cancer [26] Written informed consent was obtained from the patients for including ... structures by using IMRT are reasonably expected to enable improvement in locoregional control in advanced hypopharyngeal cancer The improvement of locoregional control in advanced head and neck cancer...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... with palliative intent in gastrointestinal cancer [22,26-30] In this study, we evaluated the palliative role of RT and defined the effectiveness of chemotherapy combined with palliative RT in patients ... patients can be safely treated using this modality In a study of the clinical benefit of palliative CCRT in advanced gastric cancer, 37 patients were treated with palliative RT (median dose 35 Gy) ... of carcinoma of the rectum In Dukes C, ed Cancer of the Rectum E&S Livingston, Edinburgh 1960, 210-219 Whiteley HW Jr, Stearns MW Jr, Leaming RH, Deddish MR: Radiation therapy in the palliative...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... using a mouse model [62] Preclinical application of RNAi therapy against PLK-1 in a murine advanced lung cancer model Here we introduce an application of PLK-1 siRNA against an advanced lung cancer ... damage [19,39-41] PLK-1 has an N-terminal serine/threonine protein kinase domain and two polo box domains at the C-terminal region Polo box domains regulate the kinase activity of PLK-1 [21,42] PLK-1 ... an N-terminal helicase domain, an RNA-binding Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille (PAZ) domain, two tandem RNAse III domains, and a dsRNA-binding domain [26,27] Mammals and nematodes have only a single Dicer,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... positive staining of p53 in a representative case of high-grade (G3) ductal carcinoma Immunostaining shows a clear and wide nuclear staining in an high grade (G3) invasive ductal carcinoma Original ... categories: no staining, or weak staining in fewer than 10% of the tumor cells (0); weak staining in part of the membrane in more than 10% of the tumor cells (1+); complete staining of the membrane ... of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the USA [1] and its incidence is increasing in many countries, including Italy [2] thus representing a major health problem To...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥9.0 g/dL, and platelets ≥100,000/mm ; bilirubin ≤1.5 mg/dL, aspartate aminotransferase ≤40 IU/L; creatinine clearance >55 mL/minute The written informed consent was obtained from ... prime vaccine and a single boost were given fifteen days apart For each dose of vaccine, two aliquots were prepared in separated syringes with saline solution (500 μl/dose) containing × 107 cells ... lung cancer vaccine therapy: a concise review J Clin Oncol 2005, 23:9022-9028 Estimativa 2010 - Incidência de Câncer no Brasil - 2010 - INCA [http:// www.inca.gov.br/estimativa/2010/index.asp?link=tabelaestados.asp&UF=BR]...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21