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.

Updated September 2008

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Title:   Non-invasive interventions for improving well-being and quality of life in patients with lung cancer
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 2004
Title:   Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer
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 have methodological limitations. A...
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Quality of life after rectal resection for cancer, with or without permanent colostomy.
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No apparent differences in quality of life are found in rectal cancer patients with a permanent stoma when compared to non-stoma patients.For patients diagnosed with rectal cancer, surgery is the definite treatment. The surgical outcome is either restor...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for inoperable advanced pancreatic cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chemotherapy and radiotherapy may improve survival and quality of life in people with advanced pancreatic cancer Advanced pancreatic cancer is incurable. Symptoms affect quality of life, and life expectancy is reduced. This review investigated the effec...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer
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:   Nov 2007
Title:   Supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Gastrointestinal cancer is the second most common form of cancer and is associated with a high mortality. There is some consistent evidence that patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer benefit in both survival and quality of life by a combination...
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Palliative chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chemotherapy improves the survival of people with advanced colorectal cancer, but the adverse effects and impact on quality of life are not yet known.Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common worldwide, but can often be treated effectively with surgery. In so...
Date:   Nov 1999
Title:   Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer
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:   Chemotherapy versus best supportive care for extensive small cell lung cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Small-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:   Jul 2003
Title:   Pancreaticoduodenectomy (classic Whipple) versus pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (pp Whipple) for surgical treatment of periampullary and pancreatic carcinoma
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 t...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Maximal androgen blockade for advanced prostate cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The prostate gland is a common site of cancer in older men. Treatments for prostate cancer include surgery and radiation therapy. Male hormones (androgens) stimulate prostate cancer growth. Hormone suppression therapy, which decreases hormone levels,...
Date:   Jan 1999
Title:   Second-line chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
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:   Aromatherapy and massage for symptom relief in patients with cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Aromatherapy massage and massage are commonly used complementary therapies, employed in cancer and palliative care to improve quality of life and reduce psychological distress. This review assessed eight trials and found that massage alone and massage w...
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Treatment of brain metastasis is usually with WBRT although in selected patients - particularly those with only a single metastasis to the brain - surgical resection may be considered. This review found no evidence that the combination of surgery and WB...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   It has not been common for families and health practitioners to share information with children or adolescents about a family member's cancer. Interventions to try to help young people cope with cancer in the family include printed information materials...
Date:   May 2003
Title:   Megestrol acetate for treatment of anorexia-cachexia syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Megestrol acetate's mechanism of action is unknown. There are concerns regarding the possible recommendations for this drug; particularly in the improvement of quality of life in health care and in cancer patients. Quality of life is the cornerstone for...
Date:   Jan 2005
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