Cancer Science & Therapy

Department of Geriatric, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Publications

• Research Article   
  Analysis of the Clinical Management and Quality of Life of frail Patient’s with Cancer and Breakthrough Cancer Pain in Clinical Practice
  Author(s): Gemma Soler González, Juan Pérez Cajaraville, Silvia Forcano Sanjuan, José Luis Firvida Pérez, César Margarit Ferri, Natividad Martínez Banaclocha, Antonio Javier Jiménez López, Ana Cabezón Álvarez, Ibone Huerta González and Begoña Soler López*
  
  Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse the clinical management and Quality of Life (QoL) of frail patients with cancer, chronic background pain and Breakthrough Cancer Pain (BTcP) and to assess whether treatment was conditioned by their frailty status. Methods: This was an observational study in adult frail patients with cancer, chronic background pain and BTcP. Outcomes of interest collected include clinical and sociodemographic data, Karnofsky Performance Status, quality of life (EuroQoL-5D-5L), chronic pain and BTcP characteristics, as well as treatments administered for their control. Results: A total of 222 patients were included with a mean age of 68 years (range 24-91), 60.5% men, with a mean Karnofsky of 63.2%. The number of daily episodes of BTcP was 3.8 (95% CI 3.3-4.3), with a duration of 34.6.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/1948-5956.2022.S8.011

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