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Acute pain is typically related to diagnostic procedures and cancer treatment and is generally defined as lasting no longer than three months.
Anorexia is the involuntary loss of appetite that has been reported to be as high as 80% in patients with various types of late-stage cancers.
Chronic pain persists for three months or more. Cancer-related chronic pain may result from cancer treatment but is most frequently caused by bone metastasis.
Peripheral neuropathy is neurologic dysfunction occurring outside of the brain and spinal cord. It may be caused by cancer, treatment, or both.
This book is a dedicated resource for RNs, graduate-level prepared RNs, and advanced practice RNs who care for people with cancer across the care continuum.
A number of different types of cutaneous reactions that affect the skin, hair, and nails can occur with cancer treatment.
Cancer treatment-related hot flashes may also be referred to as hot flushes, vasomotor symptoms, night sweats, and menopausal symptoms.
Patients receiving standard chemotherapy regimens for solid tumors are at lower risk for development of febrile neutropenia and infection than patients who undergo bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.
Breakthrough pain is sudden, brief pain that occurs during a period when chronic pain is generally well controlled (typically, controlled with opiods).