【摘 要】
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There has been an increase in the life span of cancer patients, thanks to the advances in diagnostic tools and treatment modalities.Most of these patients gain functional capacity and return to their
【机 构】
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Faculty of Medicine Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department Ege University Turkey
【出 处】
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BIT‘s2nd Annual World Cancer Congess-2009 (2009第二届癌症大会)
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There has been an increase in the life span of cancer patients, thanks to the advances in diagnostic tools and treatment modalities.Most of these patients gain functional capacity and return to their normal life.Recently, however, it has been emphasized that an improvement in the quality of life is a prerequisite to conclude that a treatment is successful.Consequently, there has been an increase in studies on quality of life and factors influencing it.Many adverse events can be observed in cancer patients, either due to the disease itself or the treatment.Cancer related symptoms may affect the biological behavior of the tumor and therefore may be important for prognosis.Pain is one of the major problems faced by cancer patients.It has been argued that pain is present in 30% of the patients at the time of diagnosis, increasing to 65-85% as the disease progress.Meanwhile, fatigue, observed in some 61% of cancer patients, is the most common complaint.Pain and fatigue are important because they stand at the forefront of factors adversely affecting these patients with regard to general health, function and quality of life.It has been reported that pain and fatigue are particularly important for survival.It should be kept in mind that if the clinicians do not have the knowledge on quality of life and symptoms such as pain and fatigue, they may be mistaken in their choice of appropriate and realistic treatment and estimation of survival.
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