A Pilot Study of Side Effects of Cancer Therapies and their Impact on Satisfaction with Life.

A Pilot Study of Side Effects of Cancer Therapies and their Impact on Satisfaction with Life. Cancer Invest. 2019 Jun 17;:1-11 Authors: Kroker L, Dubois C, Münstedt K, Büntzel J, Keinki C, Hübner J Abstract This survey aimed at getting a first insight into diverse side effects and their association with satisfaction with life as well as the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer patients. A total of 100 patients in a German University Hospital were included. General side effects like fatigue, fever, headache, limb pain and sleep disorders had a significant influence on the patients' satisfaction with life (p = .034 and p = .032, respectively). Concerning CAM, we could not detect any association between the frequency of side effects and the use of CAM. Improving the treatment of side effects may have a strong impact on patients' satisfaction with life. PMID: 31204520 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Investigation - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Cancer Invest Source Type: research