Measuring symptoms in gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review of assessment instruments

Pullmer, Rachelle; Linden, Wolfgang; Rnic, Katerina; Vodermaier, Andrea

doi:10.1007/s00520-014-2250-z

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“…The FACT‐C has been translated into several languages, including Thai (Ratanatharathorn et al., 2001 ; Webster et al., 2003 ). It has been used in clinical settings worldwide and has acceptable psychometric properties for construct validity and reliability, internal consistency; alpha 0.85–0.91(Pullmer et al., 2014 ; Ward et al., 1999 ). This self‐administered questionnaire with a four‐point Likert scale is composed of four core domains and a 36‐item subscale: physical well‐being (PWB), Seven items (score 0–28); social well‐being (SWB), Seven items (score 0–28); emotional well‐being (EWB), Six items (score 0–24); and functional well‐being (FWB), Seven items (score 0–28).…”

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Evaluation of adverse events and health‐related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer receiving ambulatory home‐based chemotherapy in Thailand

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Chemotherapy is one modality for cancer treatment and customarily delivered in a hospital. Ambulatory home-based chemotherapy was initiated in the 1970s in Western countries (DeMoss, 1980). Today, this healthcare service system is implemented worldwide, based on findings demonstrating its effectiveness, safety, cost savings, convenience, patient satisfaction and improved quality of life. Additionally, this approach reduces the length of hospital stay and the risk of hospital-acquired infections (Keshvani et al., 2019).The equipment used for home chemotherapy administration is either an electronic or a non-electronic infusion device. The elastomeric infusion pump is a non-electronic device that requires no programming and is suited for the home setting owing to its small size, light weight, safety, accuracy, comfort, simplicity of use, ease of fluid filling and lack of maintenance cost (Broadhurst, 2012).Chemotherapy infusion is driven by pressure created by the stretched elastomeric membrane; the flow rate is generated by the pressure gradient across the flow restrictor and the fluid viscosity (Skryabina & Dunn, 2006). Moreover, the patient's body temperature, type

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Evaluation of adverse events and health‐related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer receiving ambulatory home‐based chemotherapy in Thailand

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“…The clinical symptoms of GI malignancies vary depending on the location as well as the tumour stage and mostly affect fatigue, which is followed by malaise, pain, sleep disturbances, a lack of appetite, dyspnoea and nausea [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. However, the later a diagnosis is made, the lower the chance of a cure.…”

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The Role of Selected Serpins in Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies

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Mroczko

2022

JCM

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Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, which are a diverse group of malignant diseases, represent a major healthcare problem around the world. Due to the lack of specific symptoms in the early stages as well as insufficient diagnostic possibilities, these malignancies occupy the leading position in the causes of death worldwide. The currently available tests have too many limitations to be part of routine diagnostics. Therefore, new potential biomarkers that could be used as diagnostic and prognostic factors for these cancers are still being sought. Among the proteins that might fit this role are serpins, which are serine protease inhibitors. Although the serpins themselves have been known for many years, they have recently become the centre of attention for many authors, especially due to the fact that a number of proteins in this family are involved in many stages of neoplasia formation, from angiogenesis through tumour growth to progression. Therefore, the aim of this review is to present the current knowledge about the significance of serpins in GI malignancies, especially their involvement in the development and progression of oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and colorectal cancers. This review summarises and confirms the important roles of selected serpins in the pathogenesis of various GI cancers and also points to their promising roles as therapeutic targets. However, due to the relatively nonspecific nature of serpins, future research should be carried out to elucidate the mechanisms involved in tumour pathogenesis in more detail.

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Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases

Timmer

2023

Handbook of Epidemiology

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Measuring symptoms in gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review of assessment instruments

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Evaluation of adverse events and health‐related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer receiving ambulatory home‐based chemotherapy in Thailand

Evaluation of adverse events and health‐related quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer receiving ambulatory home‐based chemotherapy in Thailand

The Role of Selected Serpins in Gastrointestinal (GI) Malignancies

Epidemiology of Digestive Diseases

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