A5036001128- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Bone health and treatments
- Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
Realistic Education in Action Coalition to Foster Health
2024
Research for Equity And Community Health Trust
2024
Fox Chase Cancer Center
2016-2023
Temple University Health System
2023
University of Pennsylvania
2014
Importance Numerous studies show that early palliative care improves quality of life and other key outcomes in patients with advanced cancer their caregivers, although most lack access to this evidence-based model care. Objective To evaluate whether delivering via secure video vs in-person visits has an equivalent effect on non–small cell lung (NSCLC). Design, Setting, Participants Randomized, multisite, comparative effectiveness trial from June 14, 2018, May 4, 2023, at 22 US centers among...
Bone metastases are the most common source of pain for patients with cancer. For that is refractory to conventional measures, microwave ablation (MWA) an emerging alternative therapy. Studies show MWA effective in reducing and analgesic requirements while improving function. This article describes studies include bone a variety locations from range primary malignancies. Although limited, has proven be well tolerated impressive efficacy. .
Background: Palliative care improves symptoms and coping in patients with advanced cancers, but has not been evaluated for curable solid malignancies. Because of the tremendous symptom burden high rates psychological distress head neck cancer (HNC), we feasibility acceptability a palliative intervention HNC receiving curative-intent chemoradiation therapy (CRT). Methods: This was prospective single-arm study CRT at single center United States. The entailed weekly visits integrated oncology...
Background: Opioids remain the cornerstone for treatment of moderate to severe cancer pain. Due benefits over full agonist opioids (FAO), buprenorphine has emerged as an alternative treatment. Purpose/hypothesis: Buprenorphine is only approved pain that chronic non-cancer. Cancer-related often progressive with breakthrough There limited evidence using short-acting FAO in combination buprenorphine. are concerns about withdrawal and efficacy control We hypothesize buprenorphine, FAOs, can...
Leigh Kinczewski considers the potential for computerised tomography screening programmes to reduce mortality rates
73 Background: Patients receiving curative chemoradiation treatment (CRT) for head and neck cancer (HNC) undergo one of the most intensive treatments in oncology, resulting immense physical psychological symptoms. Integrated palliative care can improve symptoms coping patients with advanced cancer, but has not been evaluated curable solid tumors. Thus, we are conducting first pilot study a collaborative oncology intervention among CRT to assess feasibility acceptability. Methods: Eligible...