Twycross R G
Postgrad Med J. 1973 Oct;49(576):732-7. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.49.576.732.
Lung cancer is the commonest form of malignant disease seen at St Christopher's Hospice. More than 35% of the male and about 8% of the female cancer patients are admitted with this diagnosis. This means that each year approximately 100 patients with lung cancer are amitted and cared for at the hospice. The more common symptoms experienced by 185 consecutive terminal lung cancer patients admitted to St Christopher's Hospice are listed in Table 1.
肺癌是圣克里斯托弗临终关怀医院最常见的恶性疾病形式。超过35%的男性癌症患者和大约8%的女性癌症患者因该诊断入院。这意味着每年约有100名肺癌患者在该临终关怀医院入院并接受护理。表1列出了连续入住圣克里斯托弗临终关怀医院的185名晚期肺癌患者所经历的较常见症状。