Cancer Side Effects Management & Resource Center

Emerging Clinical Tool Predicts Risk of Persistent Use of Opioids After Treatment in Patients With Cancer

Investigators at UCSD sought to create a tool to help clinicians predict patients’ risk of persistent opioid use after treatment.

A nurse comforts a patient with advanced cancer.

Brokering Early Palliative Care: How Nurses Approached a Misunderstood Topic

Palliative care can be effectively introduced along with other treatments, and the combination of care improves patient symptoms and quality of life.

Clinicians continue to learn about which patients will benefit most from different immunotherapy tre

Few Critical Care Nurses Feel Competent in Providing Palliative Care

Moral distress levels vary with perceived use of care; higher levels of distress seen with less frequent use.

Neuropathic Pain Treatments

Chart with medications used to treat neuropathic pain, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, and postherpetic neuralgia.

Migraine and Headache Treatments

Adult doses for migraine and headache treatments including barbiturates, ergot alkaloids, and NSAIDs.

There are key factors to consider when determining the best treatment strategy for pain in patients

Cancer Survivors Have High Prevalence of Chronic Pain

Cancer survivors have a high prevalence of chronic pain.

Creating a treatment plan for an older patient.

Inclusion of Geriatric Assessments Alters Cancer Management in Older Patients

A prospective cohort study sought to evaluate the impact of including a nurse geriatric assessment and input from an OMT in treatment decision-making for older patients with cancer.

Adaptive hyperfiltration may be more important than structural adaptive hypertrophy for the recovery

For Complex Surgeries, Flagship Cancer Hospitals Found Safer Than Affiliate Locations

The 90-day mortality rates for several complex cancer surgeries were higher when they were performed at affiliate locations as opposed to flagship hospitals.

Articles discussing the use of cannabis as a substitute for opioids highlight the limitations of the

Study Reports Marijuana Use Among Patients With Cancer May Be Increasing While Opioid Use Stays Stable, but Questions Remain

The proportion of participants with cancer who used marijuana increased 118% from the period of 2005 to 2014.

Patient Pain, QoL Associated With Salvage ASCT in Myeloma Must Be Balanced With Survival Benefit

A new study gives a comprehensive picture of patient quality of life before and after salvage transplant.

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