Caregiver Distress in Home Palliative Care

Aim: This study aims to determine the symptom burden of caregivers who were following their loved ones at home and factors associated with this burden. Methods: From a consecutive number of patients followed at home by a specialistic palliative care team, a sample of 46 couples of patients-caregivers was screened. Epidemiological data of both patients and caregivers were collected, also including some variables, such as the level of religiousness, education, economic conditions, and financial distress. The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) was measured in both patients and caregivers. Caregivers were asked to provide a comment in a semi-structured interview, about “what do you thin…

Qol and adherence to i.v. or oral chemotherapy treatment in elderly patients with advanced NSCLC.

e18002 Background: In elderly patients with advanced stage NSCLC the identification of the best treatment-related quality of life becomes the main discriminating endpoint. Methods: In this multicentre study, 53 elderly (≥ 70 yrs) patients with advanced (IIIB-IV) NSCLC were randomly allocated to receive as first-line treatment either Gemcitabine intravenously (1000 mg/m2) or oral Vinorelbine (60 mg/m2) both on days 1 and 8, every 21 days. The primary objective was the evaluation of the QoL, while the secondary one was the assessment of treatment adherence. The EORTC QLQ-C30 v 2.0 and QLQ-LC13 questionnaires have been used to evaluate the quality of life and an “ad hoc” questionnaire for the…

The Use of Gemcitabine in heavily pretreted breast cancer patients

A phase II study of capecitabine oxaliplatin chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer patients pretreated with anthracyclines and taxanes

A phase 2 study of Oxaliplatin ( O ) – Capecitabine( C ) chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer ( MBC ) patients pretreated with Anthracyclines and taxanes VII CONGRESSO NAZIONALE G.O.I.M. ROMA 23-25 Giugno 2004

Low dose oral chemotherapy for hormone refractory prostate carcinoma estramustine phosphate versus estramustine phosphate and etoposide. A Randomized phase II study of GSTU foundation

Epirubicina (EPI ) e Docetaxel (DOC ) come chemioterapia primaria ( C P ) nel trattamento del carcinoma mammario localmente avanzato ( CMLA ). VII CONGRESSO NAZIONALE G.O.I.M. ROMA 23-25 Giugno 2004

The use of somatostatin analogues in metastatic hormone refractory and chemo resistant prostate cancer with neuroendocrine differentiation.

GENE SIGNATURE IN GIST

Indagine sulla qualità di vita ansia e depressione in un gruppo di pazienti affette da carcinoma mammario