Evidence currently available demonstrates that psychosocial interventions benefit cancer patients experiencing depressive symptoms, but the overall quantum of its effectiveness ranges from mild to moderate. Since there are several hundreds of studies that focus on psychosocial interventions meant for cancer patients, we have pruned the analysis to cover the published meta-analysis, as derived through these …
Direct inter-class efficacy comparisons do not make a differentiation between the relative effectiveness of opioids and NSAIDs that are administered through different routes to patients experiencing mild, moderate, or severe caner-related pain. NSAIDs are co-administered to achieve opioid dose-sparing, but this has not shown a consistently demonstrable decrease in side-effects. The heterogeneity of ongoing trials …
Shunt – Pleuroperitoneal shunting is used only rarely for patients with malignant chylothorax, lung entrapment, or failed pleurodesis. Generally, an indwelling catheter is used instead of a pleuroperitoneal shunt because it is less invasive and has less number of problems in comparison to the frequency of shunt-related problems. Generally, this procedure is carried out during …
