Optimizing Quality of Life Through Palliative Care
Optimizing Quality of Life Through Palliative Care
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通过姑息治疗优化生活质量
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2007
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Dajie Wang
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M. Desai;A. Kim;P. Fall;Dajie Wang
摘要癌症的预防和治疗取得了许多进展，但死于这种疾病仍然很常见。在2005年全世界死亡的5 800万人中，有760万人死于癌症（http：//www.who.int/cancer/en/）。对于垂死的病人来说，最重要的是提高生活质量，减轻痛苦。姑息治疗是积极的全面照顾病人的医疗条件是没有反应的治愈治疗。它包括所有旨在提高生活质量而不是消除疾病的治疗方式。每个患者对生活质量的定义都是独特的，因此，重要的是要将每个患者视为个体和整体。控制癌症相关症状可以改善患者与家人和朋友相处的有限剩余时间。姑息性化疗、康复、放射治疗、手术和介入性疼痛管理有助于实现这一目标。在2005年疼痛管理系列中发表的一篇文章的在线更新中，一个病例介绍描述了接受姑息治疗以减轻疼痛的癌症患者的典型过程。
Abstract Many developments have occurred in prevention and treatment of cancer, but death from this disease is still common. Of the 58 million people who died worldwide in 2005, 7.6 million died of cancer (http://www.who.int/cancer/en/). For dying patients, it is most important to improve quality of life and relieve suffering. Palliative care is the active total care of patients whose medical condition is not responsive to curative treatment. It encompasses all therapeutic modalities designed to enhance quality of life rather than eliminating disease. Each patient's definition of quality of life is unique, and therefore, it is important to treat each as an individual and holistically. Controlling cancer-related symptoms can ameliorate the limited remaining time patients have with family and friends. Palliative chemotherapy, rehabilitation, radiation therapy, surgery, and interventional pain management can help to achieve this objective. In this online update of an article published in a 2005 series on pain management, a case presentation describes the typical course of a patient with cancer who receives palliative care to reduce pain.