, providing limited opportunities for intervention. Case Description: A 74-year-old male presented to the emergency department, complaining of subacute right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and vomiting. He was hemodynamically stable with a positive Murphy
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Michael Levy, Thomas Smith, Amy Alvarez-Perez, Anthony Back, Justin N. Baker, Anna C. Beck, Susan Block, Shalini Dalal, Maria Dans, Thomas R. Fitch, Jennifer Kapo, Jean S. Kutner, Elizabeth Kvale, Sumathi Misra, William Mitchell, Diane G. Portman, Todd M. Sauer, David Spiegel, Linda Sutton, Eytan Szmuilowicz, Robert M. Taylor, Jennifer Temel, Roma Tickoo, Susan G. Urba, Elizabeth Weinstein, Finly Zachariah, Mary Anne Bergman, and Jillian L. Scavone
assessed are pain, dyspnea, anorexia, cachexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, malignant bowel obstruction, fatigue, weakness, asthenia, insomnia, daytime sedation, and delirium. 4 Palliative interventions for these symptoms are discussed individually in
Getting Into the Weeds
Margaret Tempero
curriculum for providers that can help us navigate this with our patients. Right now, I still feel pretty ignorant. I do believe that cannabis can help our patients—it can improve sleep, control nausea, and reduce anxiety, among other benefits. But cannabis
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doctor about anything that feels different after the procedure, even years later, especially issues including rash, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, fatigue, jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes), joint stiffness, mouth sores, and dry
Evidence-Based Treatment of Cancer-Related Breakthrough Pain With Opioids
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Improving Health Equity and Reducing Disparities in Pediatric and Adolescent/Young Adult Oncology: In Support of Clinical Practice Guidelines
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Studying Cancer-Related Fatigue: Report of the NCCN Scientific Research Committee
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nausea, for which conceptual definitions are more inherent and measurement strategies more established, agreeing on the definition and measurement of CRF has been a major limitation to progress in developing effective treatments. 1 Currently, each study
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; Multiple Myeloma; Nausea and Vomiting; Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas; and Soft Tissue Sarcoma. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients and NCCN Quick Guide for Lung Cancer Screening can be downloaded free of charge from NCCN.org/patients and on the free NCCN Cancer