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Systematic Reviews on Living With Cancer
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effects of cancer and cancer treatments on quality of life.
Reviewed October 2011
15 Resources Found
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| Title: | Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients who are new to a cancer care facility and cancer treatment are often stressed and anxious due to their diagnosis of cancer, uncertainties about treatment, needle phobias and meeting new care providers. This review focuses on the effects of inf... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Non-invasive interventions for improving well-being and quality of life in patients with lung cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Despite recent advances in lung cancer treatment, the outlook for most patients is grim. Many still face a short survival time during which they may suffer physical and psychological problems associated with the cancer and with side effects of treatment... |
| Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Title: | Methotrexate for high-grade osteosarcoma in children and young adults |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | As a result of the introduction of chemotherapy, the survival of children with osteosarcoma has improved dramatically. The majority of the currently used treatment protocols are based on a combination of doxorubicin, cisplatin, methotrexate (MTX) and/or... |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Title: | Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (pp Whipple) versus pancreaticoduodenectomy (classic Whipple) for surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic carcinoma |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death. Two surgical procedures exist for a cure: the classic Whipple operation, where part of the pancreas, the gallbladder, the duodenum, the pylorus (outlet of the stomach) and the distal (lower) part of ... |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | For patients with single brain metastasis there is good evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that surgery in addition to whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) does not improve overall survival.Treatment of brain metastasis is usually palliat... |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Quality of life after rectal resection for cancer, with or without permanent colostomy. |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | For patients diagnosed with rectal cancer, surgery is the definite treatment. The surgical outcome is either restored bowel continuity, or the formation of a stoma. Traditionally the formation of a colostomy has been regarded as an unfavourable outcome,... |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Certain forms of chemotherapy plus supportive care improve both survival and quality of life in patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers compared to supportive care alone. Gastrointestinal cancer is the second most common form of cancer and is as... |
| Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Title: | Chemotherapy versus best supportive care for extensive small cell lung cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | SmalI cell lung cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all new cases of lung cancer. This cancer is often diagnosed after it has spread to the brain, liver, bone or bone marrow and most patients die in the first year after diagnosis. This review found ... |
| Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Title: | Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Megestrol acetate improves appetite and weight gain in patients with anorexia cachexia syndrome related to cancer.Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly i... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Breast cancer is a complex disease which has seen survival for women improve over the last 20 years. Many of these improvements are linked to treatment advances, improved screening and a multiprofessional approach to its management. Breast Care Nurses (... |
| Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Title: | Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | For patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent, intensive follow up is associated with improved all-cause survival. However, from the randomised trials completed and reported to date, it is not clear what constitutes the optimal follow... |
| Date: | Aug 2006 |
| Title: | Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Surgically removing both breasts to prevent breast cancer (bilateral prophylactic mastectomy or BPM) may reduce the incidence of breast cancer and improve survival in women with high breast cancer risk, but the studies reviewed have methodological limit... |
| Date: | Jun 2006 |
| Title: | Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Communicating well with children and adolescents about a sibling's cancer can improve their knowledge and understanding as well as their coping, adjustment and wellbeing It has not been common for families and health practitioners to share information w... |
| Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Title: | Second-line chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Patients with lung cancer and a good physical condition who have not been cured by a first round of chemotherapy often receive a second round of chemotherapy (second-line). A second round of chemotherapy may not increase the survival chances of these pa... |
| Date: | Jul 2001 |
| Title: | Palliative chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common worldwide, but can often be treated effectively with surgery. In some people, however, the cancer returns and sometimes also spread to other parts of the body. When this happens, chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs) can b... |
| Date: | Nov 1999 |
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