introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of bone palliative therapy following administration of 153sm-edtmp in patients with intractable metastatic bone pain. methods: sixteen patients (9 male, 7 female) aged 29-80 years (57.3±16.7 years) with severe metastasis-related bone pain resistant to analgesic medications were enrolled in the study. all...

Background: Various treatments are used to prolong survival and improve quality of life (QOL). The purpose of this study was to assess the change in QOL scores in patients with Oesophagogastric (OG) cancer undergoing curative intent and palliative therapy.    Methods: This was a mix-designed cohort study with a consecutive sampling of patients with OG cancer who underwent curative or...

OBJECTIVE Music therapy has experienced a rising demand as an adjunct therapy for symptom management among palliative care patients. We conducted a realist review of the literature to develop a greater understanding of how music therapy might benefit palliative care patients and the contextual mechanisms that promote or inhibit its successful implementation. METHOD We searched electronic data...

a 38 years old male worker presented with an advanced left side retroperitoneal mass, with metastatic involvement of 11th thoracic vertebra (t11) and resultant paraparesia and paresthesia . the histopathologic examination and immunohistochemical analysis confirmed the diagnosis of paraganglioma. decompression laminectomy and fixation of involved vertebra resulted to considerable symptomatic rel...

The aim was to investigate the benefits derived from implementation of music therapy palliative care in patients diagnosed with neoplasms. This is exploratory bibliographic research where databases used were: LILACS, MedLine, magazines and books using keywords such as: "cancer", "music therapy", "music", "palliative care", “psychology”, “musicotherapy”, “mental health”, through treatments sugge...

Palliative care is defined as an approach that improves the quality of life of both patients and their families facing the problem related to life-threatening illness. While music therapy has been used for over 30 years in palliative care, evidence-based practices are few. The effect of music therapy in palliative care has been assessed in a limited number of studies with inconsistent results. ...