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Depressive symptoms in people with cancer may be attributed to the diagnosis of cancer or to the side effects of cancer treatment.
Dyspnea is a subjective experience of difficult breathing or sensation of breathlessness that can occur rapidly and lead to a feeling of impending doom.
Gastrointestinal side effects with immunotherapy can manifest as diarrhea, abdominal pain, or melena.
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.
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.
These general prevention of infection resources refer to cancer-related or cancer treatment-related infection, not including transplantation.
Sleep-wake disturbances are actual or perceived changes in night sleep with resulting daytime impairment.
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.
Intractable pain or refractory pain occurs when pain cannot be adequately controlled despite aggressive measures.
Cognitive impairment can continue for a long time after completion of treatment. People treated for childhood cancers may have long-term cognitive impairment.