Die Anzahl alter Menschen nimmt proportional zu den Krebsfällen in der Geriatrie zu. Es ist entsprechend notwendig, eine Brücke zwischen diesen scheinbar divergenten Welten zu schaffen. Dies soll ermöglichen, eine ältere Person mit Krebs mit den Augen des ...
The ability to handle a complex medication regimen is important for patients with cancer being treated on an outpatient basis, because many of them have to take drugs for oral chemotherapy, against cancer-related symptoms, side effects of the treatments, ...
Skin toxicities and unmet supportive care needs of patients with cancer undergoing EGFR-inhibitor therapyAbstract. Background: Targeted therapies, such as the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) inhibitor therapy, are being used to treat patients ...
Support self-management of symptoms in cancer therapies:The Symptom-Navi-ProgramAbstract. Background: Cancer patients experience a variety of symptoms associated with their disease and treatment. Many patients express ...
Cancer-related fatigue – Process evaluation of a seminar of the University Medicine GreifswaldAbstract.Background: Fatigue is the most common and stressful symptom in cancer patients and their relatives. The ...
The German Version of the NCCN Distress Thermometer: Validation of a Screening Instrument for Assessment of Psychosocial Distress in Cancer PatientsAbstract: The NCCN Distress-Thermometer is a brief screening tool for cancer patients to assess distress. ...
The article summarises the medical history of cancer in the twentieth century and comments on scientific explanations, therapeutic innovation, social circumstances and cultural interpretations of the disease.
Objective: To assess the satisfaction of outpatients treated for cancer and their spouses as regards to medical and psychosocial care. A second focus of interest included the understanding the extend of support needs not yet covered by the existing ...
Recent advances in cancer therapy have resulted in an increased number of long-term cancer survivors. Infertility, however, might be the consequence of an efficient cancer treatment. For young patients affected by cancer accesses to the partly established ...
Zusammenfassung. Krebs ist ein unabhängiger Schlaganfall-Risikofaktor. Und ein ischämischer Schlaganfall kann der Tumordiagnose sogar um einige Monate zuvorkommen. Pathophysiologisch wird eine paraneoplastische Hyperkoagulopathie vermutet. Gesamthaft ist ...
What is the Optimal Nutrition for Humans?Abstract. As practitioners, we are faced in practice daily with the question about the optimal diet. Nevertheless, nutrition covers only a very small part of our medical training. A look back in the history of ...
Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk – Should One Still Eat Meat?Abstract.About 110 g of meat are consumed daily in Switzerland, including more than 40 g of processed meat. High consumption of red meat, in particular processed meat, was categorized as ...
Physical Activity and CancerAbstract. This article aims to summarize the literature on the role of physical activity in cancer patients and to propose exercise programs based on studies and ...