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Cleveland Clinic, U.S.

Advanced cancer patient quality of life improved by symptom clustering

Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, September 24th, 2006

Symptom clustering could improve the quality of life in advanced cancer patients by reducing polypharmacy and lessening drug side effects.

According to recent research from the United States, "A major goal of palliative medicine is to control symptoms that interfere with quality of life. Identification of symptoms that occur together (cluster) may aid in symptom management, resulting in greater therapeutic benefit to the patient."

"An analysis of 25 symptoms from 922 patients with advanced cancer was undertaken to determine if symptom clusters could be identified," explained D. Walsh and colleagues, Cleveland Clinic. "Cluster analysis was done using...

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