University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5843, USA.
Semin Oncol Nurs. 2010 Aug;26(3):168-74. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2010.05.002.
To discuss issues related to symptom clusters in patients living with advanced cancer.
Research and review articles.
The importance for symptom cluster evaluation in oncology has been documented; however, there remain a number of inconsistencies in the literature as to the best way to accomplish this. Individuals living with advanced cancer are often dealing with symptoms from their disease, as well as prior and current therapies. Research related to patients receiving long-term cancer therapies and the symptom clusters experienced by this group of individuals is needed.
Understanding the intricacies of symptom clusters in this population is an area for future research.
讨论晚期癌症患者中与症状群相关的问题。
研究和综述文章。
肿瘤学中对症状群评估的重要性已得到证实；然而，文献中对于如何最好地完成这一评估仍然存在许多不一致之处。晚期癌症患者通常不仅要应对疾病的症状，还要应对既往和当前的治疗方法所带来的症状。需要对接受长期癌症治疗的患者以及该群体所经历的症状群进行相关研究。
了解这一人群中症状群的复杂性是未来研究的一个领域。
