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ArticleNeuro-oncology2018

Symptom-based interventions to promote quality survivorship.

Christina Amidei

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  3. Environmental Enrichment and Health Outcomes Among Low-Grade Glioma Brain Tumor Survivors.The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses · 2024
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  12. Research on cognitive and sociocognitive functions in patients with brain tumours: a bibliometric analysis and visualization of the scientific landscape.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Christina AmideiNorthwestern Medicine, Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Survival alone is no longer an adequate outcome for persons with brain tumors; the quality of the survivorship experience should be viewed with equal importance. Symptom management is a significant component of quality survivorship care. Regardless of their histology, brain tumors and therapies used to treat them produce symptoms that affect an individual's ability to function in everyday life. Common symptoms include fatigue, cognitive impairment, distress, and sleep disturbance. Symptom-based interventions for persons with brain tumors focus on prevention, self-management, and prescriptive interventions targeted to these problems. Unfortunately, little evidence exists to support many interventions, making it challenging for clinicians to provide concrete recommendations. Research is needed to provide evidence in support of symptom-based interventions while novel approaches to these challenging problems are developed.

Indexed as

Early Medical InterventionQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexSurvivorshipBrain NeoplasmsFatigueHumansMental DisordersPrognosisSleep Wake Disorders

Identifiers

PMID29905840
PMCPMC6225746

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