A study of 52,236 patients with cancer found that episodes of unintended weight loss affected 46.63% of patients and were tied to shorter overall survival.
|Articles|October 21, 2009
- Fall 2007
- Volume 6
- Issue 5
More About Pain
Cancer survivors may experience chronic pain long after treatment, but support and information resources are available to help.
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The National Pain Foundation explains facts and myths of cancer pain and has links to pain treatment providers at
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The Oncology Nursing Society site,
The American Pain Society has an extensive list of links for general and cancer pain resources at
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The National Cancer Institute,
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The Association of Cancer Online Resources,
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Search for “chronic pain” on the Lance Armstrong Foundation website,
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For additional information on pain, visit The American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine at
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Beneficial Riskabout 19 years ago
The New Sarcoma Storyabout 19 years ago
The HRT Connectionabout 19 years ago
In Search of Quality Mammographyabout 19 years ago
Powers of Predictionabout 19 years ago
Progress in Treating Multiple Myelomaabout 19 years ago
Use As Directedabout 19 years ago
All in the Familyabout 19 years ago
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