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Treatment patterns for metastatic colorectal cancer in Spain
2020
Abstract Purpose The primary aim of this retrospective study was to describe the treatment patterns according to the type of treatment received by patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in Spain. Methods This was a retrospective, observational, multicenter study performed by 33 sites throughout Spain that included consecutive patients aged 18 years or older who had received or were receiving treatment for mCRC. Results At the time of inclusion, of the 873 evaluable patients, 507 (58%) had received two lines, 235 (27%) had received three lines, 106 (12%) had received four lines, and the remaining patients had received up to ten lines. The most frequent chemotherapy schemes were th…
Measurement of body composition in cancer patients using CT planning scan at the third lumbar vertebra
2019
Objective: the main objective was to assess body composition in terms of skeletal muscle index (SMI), myosteatosis, visceral adipose tissue (VAT), subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) as an adjunct of information provided by radiotherapy CT planning scan. Material and methods: a sample of 49 patients with lung and digestive cancers underwent a CT scan for radiotherapy treatment, which included measurements at the L3 region. Images were analyzed with a radiotherapy contouring software, using different Hounsfield Unit (HU) settings. Cross-sectional areas (cm2) were automatically computed by summing tissue pixels and multiplying by pixel surface area. Low …
Increased quality of life in patients with breakthrough cancer pain after individualized therapy: the CAVIDIOM study.
2022
Cancer patients can experience flares of pain, called breakthrough pain (BTcP), despite treatment with painkillers. Although BTcP can be excruciating, its intensity and other characteristics depend on several factors, including its treatment. However, even if treated, BTcP can impair quality of life for cancer patients. We assessed quality of life in 118 patients with advanced cancer and BTcP treated in 13 medical oncology departments across Spain. We treated BTcP with individualized therapy, taking into account both pain-related and patient-related factors. We also measured quality of life using a specific, widely-used questionnaire at the study visits: at onset of individualized pain ther…
Valoración e intervención nutricional en pacientes oncológicos hospitalizados en riesgo de desnutrición o con desnutrición : evaluación del efecto so…
2022
Introducción: la desnutrición es un problema frecuente en los pacientes oncológicos que empeora durante la hospitalización y se asocia con mayor morbimortalidad y deterioro de la calidad de vida. Objetivos: describir el efecto de la implantación de un protocolo de valoración y soporte nutricional sobre el estado nutricional de pacientes oncológicos hospitalizados. Métodos: estudio prospectivo, no controlado y cuasiexperimental en pacientes oncológicos ingresados en un servicio de oncología de forma consecutiva, independientemente de su estado nutricional, entre septiembre de 2019 y marzo de 2020. Se determinaron los parámetros antropométricos, la composición corporal y la fuerza prensora de…
Development, validation and implementation of a program to detect malnutrition with NRS-2002 screening tool in patients from the oncology and hematol…
2021
Introduction: Hospital malnutrition (HM) is an increasingly prevalent situation, which involves both an increase in health costs, and also a decrease in the life quality and greater morbimortality. Nutritional screening is essential to detect malnutrition early and avoid these complications. Objectives: To develop, validate and implement the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) tool at the admission and during the hospitalization of a patient in the oncohematology service in a third level hospital, and know their nutritional status at the admission and the discharge. Methods: NRS-2002 was performed on all patients admitted to the oncohaematology service, followed by the complete nutri…
Reliability of Frail and Barthel Tests for Detecting Frailty in Palliative Oncological Patients in a Home Hospitalization Unit: A Comparative Study.
2022
Cancer is a condition that can increase the risk of frailty. In addition, palliative oncological patients in home hospitalization can find their activities of daily living affected. The main objective was to measure the degree of frailty in the oncological population in home hospitalization comparing Barthel and Frail-VIG Indexes. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A sample of oncological patients in home hospitalization (n = 50) that included 27 men and 23 women were recruited, and disability due to frailty was measured using the VIG frailty index and the Barthel scale for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs). Spearman’s correlation coefficients were categorized as weak (rs &l…