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    Symptoms at presentation for treatment in patients with lung cancer: implications for the evaluation of palliative treatment. The Medical Research Council (MRC) Lung Cancer Working Party.

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    Authors
    Hopwood, Penelope
    Stephens, R J
    Affiliation
    CRC Psychological Medicine Group, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK.
    Issue Date
    1995-03
    
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    Abstract
    The ten most frequently reported pretreatment symptoms on the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist, which was completed by more than 650 patients entering two MRC Lung Cancer Working Party multicentre randomised trials, included general symptoms (tiredness, lack of appetite) and psychological distress (worry, anxiety) in addition to disease-related chest symptoms (cough, shortness of breath). Although the number and severity of symptoms increased with worsening performance status, the commonest symptoms were found to be virtually the same for patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and for different grades of performance status. Women with NSCLC reported more psychological symptoms than males, but this difference was much less evident in patients with SCLC. Thus, in order to assess fully the benefit of palliative treatments in patients with lung cancer, account must be taken of all symptoms at presentation, in addition to the traditionally recognised chest symptoms.
    Citation
    Symptoms at presentation for treatment in patients with lung cancer: implications for the evaluation of palliative treatment. The Medical Research Council (MRC) Lung Cancer Working Party. 1995, 71 (3):633-6 Br. J. Cancer
    Journal
    British Journal of Cancer
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/99260
    PubMed ID
    7533520
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0007-0920
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