Stage IV Cancer(s) Often Not Treated - in Meeting Coverage, ASCO from MedPage Today

Medical News: Stage IV Cancer Often Not Treated - in Meeting Coverage, ASCO from MedPage Today

abstract: Factors Associated With Pain Among Ambulatory Patients With Cancer With Advanced Disease at a Comprehensive Cancer Center (Center for Patient Safety, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)

Factors Associated With Pain Among Ambulatory Patients With Cancer With Advanced Disease at a Comprehensive Cancer Center

Conclusion:
Younger age, minority race, and recent onset of advanced disease are associated with severe pain among patients with cancer. Recognizing these high-risk groups could inform targeted interventions to address pain care in ambulatory patients with advanced cancer.

Canadian Health Reference Guide: Heavy lifting for cancer research Increasing muscle mass can enhance quality of life

Blogger's Note:  sometimes when we think research is stupid - well, it just is - opinion of which is based obviously on the limited information available here


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“Although many cancer patients are in a palliative care situation, we want to maintain their quality of life as much as possible,” says co-author Antonio Vigano, a palliative care physician at the MUHC. “Participation would be high because activity gives patients control over their situation — control they feel they’ve lost. In addition we know there are other positive benefits to exercise, such as increased appetite.”

Partners in research:
This work was supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Research Institute of the MUHC, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, and the Canadian Hypertension Society.

A Longitudinal Investigation of Psychological Disorders in Patients Prior and Subsequent to a Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer

Metastatic ovarian serous carcinoma presenting as inflammatory breast cancer: a case report.

Multidisciplinary Cancer Conferences: Exploring Obstacles and Facilitators to Their Implementation -- Journal of Oncology Practice

Conclusion: Variation exists in the enthusiasm of health professionals and the administrative capacity of institutions regarding routine implementation of MCCs. A systematic implementation plan for MCCs is needed involving both cancer care providers and administrators.

An apple (and four other fruit and vegetables) a day… : The Lancet

Determinants of quality of life in patients with advanced cancer.

Effects of tamoxifen and exemestane on cognitive functioning of postmenopausal patients with breast cancer: results from the neuropsychological side study of the tamoxifen and exemestane adjuvant multinational trial

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), breast cancer and tumor pathology

Topics – Lack of Appetite and Loss of Weight – Canadian Virtual Hospice

Lack of Appetite and Loss of Weight

When Advanced Cancer Patients Won’t Eat: Family Member Responses

To read more:

Rare ovarian tumours: therapeutic strategies in 2010, national website observatory for rare ovarian cancers and delineation of referent centers-France

Note: ignore the small spelling errors in the article as it was translated from French to English

Surviving Idol: Young Adults with Cancer Expressing Themselves

ACOR in Time Magazine - 'Group Therapy'

full free access: from the series - the Art of Oncology : "Pessimism Is No Poison"

"....The fellow asked the oncologist why he was so pessimistic when talking with the patient. Why did he say things to make the patient and her husband cry? Shouldn't he have given the patient more hope? Would it not have been better for the patient to hear this dire news in chunks over the course of several clinic visits? After all, the patient was so young she may just beat the odds....."

media article: The inherited malignancy of breast cancer (and ovarian cancer)

Note: good article, albeit complicated subject matter - excerpts of important information:

Keyhole surgery - Cutting Edge - Cancer World

Cleaning service offers comfort to sick clients - STLtoday.com )St Louis)

A Revision Of The EU Clinical Trials Directive Supported By European Cancer Organization

"Certain groups of patients have been particularly hard hit: children, patients with rare cancers, patients who would profit greatly from international trials that optimise already existing treatments and which, therefore, do not find commercial sponsorship, and elderly patients with other health problems, including secondary cancers due to earlier treatments."