Open AccessSymptoms During Outpatient Cancer Treatment and Options for their Management
Author(s) -
Mitra Tewes,
Freerk T. Baumann,
Martin Teufel,
Christoph Ostgathe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deutsches ärzteblatt international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0028
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , cochrane library , medline , palliative care , cancer , adverse effect , randomized controlled trial , disease , systematic review , pain medicine , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , nursing , political science , law , anesthesiology
Cancer patients account for a large segment of the German healthcare system, with a 5-year prevalence of around 1.7 million persons. Advances in oncological treatment, now frequently performed on an outpatient basis, are granting many of these individuals a longer life span. At the same time, cancer patients often suffer disease-related symptoms and adverse effects from their tumor treatment, which may strongly impair their quality of life despite the improved techniques for management of side effects.