Source: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer From: eurekalert.org Cancer patients own reporting of their quality of life can be important in predicting the outcome of their disease, say researchers from the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). Until recently, reports from clinicians on issues such as patient age and tumour status were used primarily …
Driving change in medicine
By: Todd Shryock From: medicaleconomics.com In this environment, it should come as no surprise that for the second straight year, the 2018 Medical Economics Payer Scorecard shows that physicians are greatly dissatisfied with the policies payers implement, many of which cost them both time and money. The healthcare system is too focused on reducing costs and improving payer bottom lines, says …
Targeted radiotherapy for breast cancer offers good quality of life and fewer side effects
Source: EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY (ESTRO) From: eurekalert.org Quality of life for women treated with a more targeted radiotherapy treatment – called accelerated partial breast irradiation – is at least as good as quality of life for women treated with standard radiotherapy, according to research presented at the ESTRO 37 conference and published simultaneously in The Lancet Oncology [1]. The treatment uses …
Need for supportive care in oncology will increase during the next decade
From: GlobalData The need for effective supportive care in oncology will increase in the next decade as patients continue to live longer and cancer progresses to become more like a chronic disease. This includes the need for chemotherapy-related conditions, as chemotherapy will remain the backbone of cancer therapy for the foreseeable future, observes GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. …
Finances Weigh Heavily on Older Cancer Patients
By: Charles Bankhead From: medpagetoday.com Despite access to Medicare in most cases, older patients with cancer remained deeply concerned about financial burdens from their medical care, a survey of almost 1,500 patients showed. Financial hardship had a consistent and significantly negative impact on older patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Symptoms, disability, lack of emotional support, and other factors also …
Older Breast Cancer Patients Require Special Consideration
By: Elizabeth Gardner From: onclive.com Treating older patients with HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) must include more quality of life considerations and different types of survival calculations, even when the basic tools and treatment regimens are similar to those used in younger patients, according to a talk at the 2017 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium. “The real question isn’t …
Pain-management initiative for cancer at Greenwich Hospital
By: Robert Marchant From: greenwichtime.com An expanded effort to mitigate the physical distress and pain that cancer patients endure is being made at Greenwich Hospital. A pain-management specialist will be developing new initiatives at Greenwich Hospital. Here’s the announcement of the new venture: Julie H. Huang, MD, MBA – a board-certified, fellowship-trained interventional pain management specialist and anesthesiologist – has …
How lymph node ‘re-plumb’ eases pain after cancer
By: Martyn Halle From: dailymail.co.uk Complex operation could solve painful limb swelling Lymph nodes in armpits are often removed to stop cancer spreading These glands usually produce clear fluid that circulates through body Removing them can lead to limbs becoming very swollen and painful Doctors now reconnecting lymphatic channels to veins to stop pain A complex operation to ‘re-plumb’ the …
Types of Traveling Cancer: Mestastic Breast Cancer
By Dr. Kathleen Ruddy Shared by: Vera Viner One of the most frustrating things about treating cancer is that even when the treatment is working, the cells find a way to resist. Breast cancer begins, of course, in the breast, but it may not stay contained. Metastatic breast cancer can travel to different sites in the body and contaminate the …
7 Advantages of In-Home Care
Where do you hope to age? For the majority of people age 65 and over, the answer is home. However, with advancing age often comes difficulty completing daily activities and the need for additional assistance. Families must decide between residential care, in-home care or family caregiving. Aging in place with the support of a professional caregiver offers a number of …