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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

A Review on the Management of Symptoms in Patients with Incurable Cancer.

Florbela Gonçalves, Margarida Gaudêncio, Ana Rocha, Ivo Paiva, Francisca Rego, Rui Nunes

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Florbela GonçalvesInternal Medicine and Palliative Care Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology Francisco Gentil Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5643-8613
Margarida GaudêncioInternal Medicine and Palliative Care Service, Portuguese Institute of Oncology Francisco Gentil Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal.
Ana RochaHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal.
Ivo PaivaHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, 3000-075 Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8024-6734
Francisca RegoFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-219 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8083-7895
Rui NunesFaculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-219 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1377-9899

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palliative care aims to alleviate suffering and prioritize the quality of life of patients facing serious and fatal diseases, such as cancer. Cancer patients, especially in advanced stages, often have many difficult-to-control symptoms, such as pain, fatigue, dyspnea, anxiety, and depression, requiring the attention of a multidisciplinary team highly trained in palliative care and end-of-life management. Pain, dyspnea, nausea, and vomiting are the focus of symptomatic assessment in palliative care, but patients experience other equally important symptoms that do not receive as much attention and are often overlooked, which negatively impacts the quality of life of these patients. One of the main aims of palliative care is to provide patients with the best possible quality of life through adequate symptom control, teamwork, and psychosocial support based on the principles, values, and wishes of the patient and family. In this review, the authors summarize the management of common symptoms in patients in oncology and palliative care, as well as present a brief reflection on quality of life in this context.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPalliative CareHumansQuality of LifeTerminal Caredyspneanauseapainpalliative carepalliative medicinepsychological distressquality of lifesymptom assessmentsymptom burdenvomiting

Identifiers

PMID40862802
PMCPMC12384594

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