Associations of symptom burden with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and clinical outcomes among early phase cancer clinical trial (EP-CT) participants.

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.

The holidays are a time of year when some people experience heightened emotions — from joy and excitement to anxiety and grief, which can be compounded by the stress of a cancer diagnosis or cancer ...

The caregivers recruited in the study were 403; 83.8% were younger than 50 years, and 66.5% were male. The common cancer types included were breast cancer (27.3%), GI cancer (17.9%), head and neck ...

About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial of patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, pain coping skills training had benefits on pain interference and other pain-associated outcomes.

The difficult patient often upsets the staff, sends negative reverberations throughout the practice, causes stress and frustration, and can even cause a loss of revenue based on their behaviors and ...