A5031143792- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Education, Psychology, and Social Research
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Family Support in Illness
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Oral health in cancer treatment
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Ethics in medical practice
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
2009-2023
Národný Onkologický Ústav
2009-2021
Masaryk University
2018-2020
Povodí Moravy
2014
Hôpital Farhat Hached
2004
University Hospital Brno
2001
Background: The semi-synthetic opioid, buprenorphine, has the general structure of morphine but differs from it in significant ways, both pharmacologically and clinically. A number long-term studies have shown effective, long-lasting analgesia moderate to severe cancer non-cancer pain, including neuropathic with a low incidence constipation, nausea, dizziness tiredness. treatment chronic pain improved as result development new methods administration this substance, particularly introduction...
Background: A broad consensus on the optimal structure, intensity, and timing of early specialist palliative care (SPC) intervention is lacking. Objective: To evaluate benefit an systematic alongside standard oncology compared with alone in patients advanced solid tumors. Design: PALINT, a single-center RCT, conducted at Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, largest comprehensive cancer center Czech Republic (CR). Setting/Subjects/Measurements: Patients newly diagnosed within six weeks from...
Aims: The aim of this investigator-initiated prospective randomized open-label single institutional trial is to evaluate the role acupuncture in treatment acute skin and mucosal toxicity, xerostomia, perception taste, pain, nausea related curative adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy head neck cancer. This paper reports pilot data first 30 enrolled patients. Methods: Patients were undergo standard care radiotherapy ± chemotherapy support defined by our operating procedures alone or combination with...
This prospective randomized open-label trial aimed to evaluate the role of acupuncture in treatment pain related curative and adjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy head neck cancer. Patients two arms (30 patients each arm) underwent standard oncology therapy supportive care with or without acupuncture. The stratification factors were type chemotherapy indication. toxicity assessed was represented by rated on a 10-point scale analgesic use. Average (AP) worst during day (WP) significantly lower arm...
IntroductionDying in the preferred place of death is considered to be one indicators quality end-of-life care. Research into health care professionals' knowledge patients' preferences for therefore important. The aim this study was assess difference between professionals and general public their views on where do people not want die.MethodsSecondary analysis data from a representative survey population convenience sample Czech Republic. Respondents were asked they would like die think does...
Introduction . Hippocampi sparing whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is an evolving approach in the treatment of patients with multiple metastases, pursuing mitigation verbal memory decline as a consequence hippocampal radiation injury. Accumulating data are showing different postradiotherapy changes left and right hippocampus theoretical proposal only unilateral (dominant, left) during WBRT. Method The aim this retrospective study to describe spatial distribution metastases on MRI cohort 260...
SúhrnPopisujeme prípad mladej pacientky, u ktorej došlo k vzniku ulcerácií na pravej nohe v teréne 15 rokov trvajúcej ložiskovej sklerodermie (LS, morfey).Podľa CT vyšetrenia a RTG bol nález zhodnotený ako osteomyelitída pacientka bola liečená kombináciou antibio tík.Opakované histologické zo spodiny vredu preukázali granulačné tkanivo, chronické zápalové zmeny pseudoepiteliomatóznu hyperpláziu.Stav ale progredoval bolo nutné pristúpiť
The oncological patients meet the diverse physicians in different stages of their illness. It is important for other to know a basic rules supportive effective communication. There are big differences between communication style and type information they accept. Patient´s requirements may also change at various disease. Providing bad news frequent challenge physicians. Internationally recognized proven recommendation six steps known as SPIKES. Prolonging survival cancer means not only...
Abstract Background Existential distress (ED) is a multi-dimensional construct used to describe the mental turbulence experienced by person who has been exposed idea or personal experience of impending death. an not only terminally ill people; it universal feeling for most human beings in some specific situations and life periods. Studying medicine other health disciplines exposes students from beginning topic death dying. This exposure increases risk development existential may affect their...
Many patients with advanced, non-curable cancer experience disease progression to a stage requiring symptomatic care alone. The integration of palliative into oncology practice is therefore important, many studies showing the benefits early introduction care. In addition symptom relief, can include psychological, social, and spiritual support. Although all oncologists provide basic care, recent data indicate that parallel involvement specialist team addresses needs may be advantageous for...
health care costs -radiotherapy
PaliativnĂ ozĂĄĹenĂ podstupuje tĂŠmÄĹ tĹetina dospÄlĂ˝ch onkologickĂ˝ch pacientĹŻ. CĂlem tohoto pĹehledovĂŠho ÄlĂĄnku je poskytnout zĂĄkladnĂ informace o moĹžnostech radioterapie k ovlivnÄnĂ nejÄastÄjĹĄĂch symptomĹŻ u pacientĹŻ v paliativnĂ lĂŠÄbÄ, jejĂ toxicitÄ a efektivitÄ.