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Falls And Hospitalized Cancer Patients
<p>FALLS AND HOSPITALIZED CANCER PATIENTS</p> <p>by</p> <p>REBECCA ALLAN-GIBBS, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, AOCNS</p> <p>May 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Patricia Jarosz, PhD, RN</p> <p>Major: Nursing</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Problem: Many hospital fall prevention studies have shown that having …
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Symptom Clusters in Lung Cancer Patients
SYMPTOM CLUSTERS IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS By Debra Rattican, PhD, RN A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012 Major Director: Debra E. Lyon, PhD. Professor …
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Survival analysis for lung cancer patients
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. Lung cancer, in particular, is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women, accounting for 23% of all cancer deaths in 2019 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One particular problem with lung cancer is that it …
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Radiotherapy induced toxicity in lung cancer patients
Contains fulltext : 194287.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Relational Savoring among Intimate Partners of Cancer Patients
<p>Research suggests that intimate partners of cancer patients experience similar, if not higher, levels of distress and depression than the patient with regards to the cancer diagnosis. This stress can impact the quality of the relationship and the subsequent care and attention given to cancer …
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Nutritional factors and lifestyle in prostate cancer patients
Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the UK. A healthy diet and lifestyle may have the potential to impact upon cancer progression, treatment related side effects, and comorbidities as well as on quality of life in prostate cancer patients. Nutrition and lifestyle behaviours are …
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Survival Model and Estimation for Lung Cancer Patients.
<p>Lung cancer is the most frequent fatal cancer in the United States. Following the notion in actuarial math analysis, we assume an exponential form for the baseline hazard function and combine Cox proportional hazard regression for the survival study of a group of lung cancer patients. The …
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Development of Posttraumatic Growth Inventory for Cancer Patients
… 높게 나타났다. 그리고 선행연구와 같이 Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General(FACT-G)로 측정한 건강관련 삶의 질(r=.45, p<.001)과는 정적인 상관관계, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS)로 측정한 불안(r=-.23, p<.001) 및 우울(r=-.34, p<.001)과는 부적 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타나 본 연구에서 개발된 암환자의 외상후 성장 측정 도구의 준거타당도가 검정되었다. 내적일관성 신뢰도 검정 결과 암환자의 …
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Coronary Artery Calcification and Its Progression in Cancer Patients
… the last several decades has demonstrated that cancer and its corresponding therapies are associated with an increased risk of ischemic heart disease in cancer survivors as compared to the general population. Though several mechanisms have been proposed, the reasons for this association have not …
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PHARMACOGENOMICS OF OPIOID RESPONSE IN EUROPEAN ADVANCED CANCER PATIENTS
… standard of care for treating pain in advanced cancer patients. Unfortunately, a significant minority of them do not benefit from analgesic therapy, or experience several side effects, such as nausea and vomiting. Genetics might play a role in predisposing patients to a good or poor response to …
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Psychoeducational Program for Breast Cancer Patients: A Pilot Study
Cancer treatments adversely affect cognition in general and memory in particular. The current study focused on developing and investigating the feasibility and effectiveness of a group program for breast cancer survivors suffering from cognitive problems post cancer treatment. This intervention was …
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Inflammatory Biomarkers, Genetics, and Survival among Colorectal Cancer Patients
… significantly increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) through inflammation-mediated mechanisms. Current evidence regarding the connection between circulating inflammatory biomarkers and CRC prognosis is limited to C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin (IL)-6. However, other inflammatory …
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Problems and resources of advanced cancer patients in Massachusetts
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University, 1946. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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The genetics of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in cancer patients
INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer makes up 25% of all cancers diagnosed worldwide. Despite an increasing yearly incidence, there has been a significant decrease in mortality owing to early diagnosis and advances in treatment. Anthracycline-based chemotherapy is a relatively low cost yet highly effective …
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Exercise and nutrition induced weight loss for prostate cancer patients
… of the negative impact of obesity on prostate cancer prognosis and common prostate cancer treatments. Review 2 (Chapter 3) is an evaluation of the current literature examining prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and how exercise and nutrition interventions can …
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Exercise as medicine : reversing treatment toxicities in prostate cancer patients
A common treatment for prostate cancer, which is the most common form of cancer after skin cancer in Australian males, is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). However, ADT is associated with an array of adverse effects including reduced bone and lean mass, loss of muscle strength, negative change in …
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Deep Learning and Radiomics Based Outcome Prediction for Cancer Patients
The accurate prediction of cancer patient treatment outcomes is essential for personalized treatment planning and improved treatment outcome. The use of machine learning methods, such as deep learning (DL) and radiomics, has been gaining attention in the field of cancer research for predicting …
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Health and hope--Perceptions of Cancer patients and well adults
… of the study was twofold: (a) to describe how cancer patients and healthy individuals defined health, perceived their own health stage, and perceived the phenomenon of hope; and (b) to determine whether relationships exist between a person's definition of health, the person's perception of his …
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