The majority of clinical studies on pain, fatigue, and depression associated with cancer are
focused on one symptom. Although this approach has led to some advances in our …

Purpose. This survey was designed to confirm the prevalence and duration of fatigue in the
cancer population and to assess its physical, mental, social, and economic impacts on the …

Background The American Pain Society (APS) set out to revise and expand its 1995 Quality
Improvement Guidelines for the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain and to facilitate …

Because multiple symptoms associated with “sickness behavior” have a negative impact on
functional status and quality of life, increased information on the mechanisms that underlie …

Patients with neuropathic pain (NP) are challenging to manage and evidence-based clinical
recommendations for pharmacologic management are needed. Systematic literature …

Use of chronic opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain has increased substantially. The
American Pain Society and the American Academy of Pain Medicine commissioned a …

The Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group of the International Association for the Study of
Pain recently sponsored the development of evidence-based guidelines for the …

Advancing the science of symptom management Abstract. Since the publication of the original
Symptom Management Model ( Larson et al. 1994 ), faculty and students at the University …

Objective: To adequately help family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients, clinicians need to
understand the complexity of the problems and responsibilities associated with cancer …

Purpose/Objectives: To determine the effect of the symptom cluster of pain, fatigue, and sleep
insufficiency on functional status during three cycles of chemotherapy. Design: Prospective…