Open AccessRe-analysis of symptom clusters in advanced cancer patients attending a palliative outpatient radiotherapy clinic
Author(s) -
Erin McKenzie,
Liying Zhang,
Pearl Zaki,
Stephanie Chan,
Vithusha Ganesh,
Yasmeen Razvi,
May Tsao,
Elizabeth Barnes,
Matthew Hwang,
Carlo DeAngelis,
Edward Chow
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm.2018.08.06
Subject(s) - nausea , medicine , anxiety , palliative care , cluster (spacecraft) , depression (economics) , cancer , physical therapy , psychiatry , nursing , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , programming language
Cancer patients often present with several concurrent symptoms. There is evidence to suggest that related symptoms can cluster together in stable groups. The present study sought to identify symptom clusters in advanced cancer patients using the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) in a palliative outpatient radiotherapy clinic.