Patients with cancer who have bone metastases may live for several years following diagnosis. However, skeletal disease significantly impacts quality of life, causing bone pain, pathologic fractures, spinal cord compression, and hypercalcemia. This program covered the challenges of treatment, new standards of care, advances in nursing, responsibilities in supportive care, and current trials investigating options for treatment-induced bone loss. The program ended with a call to nurses to become more active as patient advocates.
患有骨转移癌的患者在确诊后可能存活数年。然而,骨骼疾病会严重影响生活质量,导致骨痛、病理性骨折、脊髓压迫和高钙血症。该项目涵盖了治疗挑战、护理新标准、护理进展、支持性护理职责以及当前针对治疗引起的骨质流失的治疗方案研究试验。该项目最后呼吁护士更加积极地成为患者权益倡导者。