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Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review

Brain metastases (BM) are the most commonly diagnosed secondary brain lesions in adults, influencing these patients' symptoms and treatment courses. With improvements in oncologic treatments, patients with BM are now living longer with their advanced cancers, and issues pertaining to quality of...

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Autores principales: Wu, Adela, Colón, Gabriela Ruiz, Lim, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8893046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35250815
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.806344
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description Brain metastases (BM) are the most commonly diagnosed secondary brain lesions in adults, influencing these patients' symptoms and treatment courses. With improvements in oncologic treatments, patients with BM are now living longer with their advanced cancers, and issues pertaining to quality of life become more pressing. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has recommended early implementation of palliative care for cancer patients, though incorporation and implementation of palliative and other supportive services in the setting of true multidisciplinary care requires additional attention and research for patients with intracranial metastases. We review the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges patients with BM and their caregivers face during their cancer course as well as the current published research on quality of life metrics relating to this patient population and the diverse roles specialty palliative care, rehabilitation services, and other healthcare providers play in a comprehensive multidisciplinary care model.
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spelling pubmed-88930462022-03-04 Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review Wu, Adela Colón, Gabriela Ruiz Lim, Michael Front Neurol Neurology Brain metastases (BM) are the most commonly diagnosed secondary brain lesions in adults, influencing these patients' symptoms and treatment courses. With improvements in oncologic treatments, patients with BM are now living longer with their advanced cancers, and issues pertaining to quality of life become more pressing. The American Society of Clinical Oncology has recommended early implementation of palliative care for cancer patients, though incorporation and implementation of palliative and other supportive services in the setting of true multidisciplinary care requires additional attention and research for patients with intracranial metastases. We review the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges patients with BM and their caregivers face during their cancer course as well as the current published research on quality of life metrics relating to this patient population and the diverse roles specialty palliative care, rehabilitation services, and other healthcare providers play in a comprehensive multidisciplinary care model. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8893046/ /pubmed/35250815 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2022.806344 Text en Copyright © 2022 Wu, Colón and Lim. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title_full Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title_fullStr Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title_short Quality of Life and Role of Palliative and Supportive Care for Patients With Brain Metastases and Caregivers: A Review
title_sort quality of life and role of palliative and supportive care for patients with brain metastases and caregivers: a review
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8893046/
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