{"title":"Cancer survivor late-effects, chronic health problems after cancer treatment: what's the evidence from population and registry data and where are the gaps?","authors":"Sara Faithfull, Diana Greenfield","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000692","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Improvements in cancer treatment have led to more people living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis but survivors may have increased health problems as they age. The purpose of this review is to critically evaluate population data exploring incidence of late effects for cancer survivors.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>18 studies were identified between 2013 and 2023 that explored the impact on survivors' physical and emotional health. Patients who had been treated at least 2 years previously for cancer had significant cardiovascular risk factors compared with age-matched controls. Women with breast cancer were more likely to have cardiovascular disease, including hypertension, arrythmias and congestive heart failure. This was associated with anthracyclines and/or trastuzumab as part of systemic anti-cancer therapy. Survivors of colorectal cancer were three times more likely to have acute kidney injury than age-matched controls. Stress and mood disorders were higher in survivors of testicular cancer and prostate cancer.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Population studies are important to identify the 'real world' consequences of cancer and its treatment beyond clinical trials. Knowledge is critical for managing an ageing cancer population. Data to personalise cancer survivorship care, not only helps determine potential health risks, but can improve secondary prevention, emotional health, recovery, and long-term outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"55-64"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139089130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supportive and palliative care for older adults with cancer; facilitating person-centred, age friendly care.","authors":"Christopher B Steer, Schroder Sattar, Ines Menjak","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000689","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":"18 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139673382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oliver Hodge, Tshepo Rasekaba, Irene Blackberry, Christopher B Steer
{"title":"Age-friendly healthcare: integrating the 4Ms to enable age-friendly cancer care.","authors":"Oliver Hodge, Tshepo Rasekaba, Irene Blackberry, Christopher B Steer","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000687","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>There is a growing movement towards person-centred, age-friendly healthcare in the care of older adults, including those with cancer. The Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) initiative uses the 4Ms framework to enable this change. This review documents the utility and implications of 4Ms implementation across different settings, with a particular focus on cancer care.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>The AFHS initiative 4Ms framework uses a set of core, evidence-based guidelines (focussing on What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility) to improve person-centred care. The successful implementation of the 4Ms has been documented in many different healthcare settings including orthopaedics primary care, and cancer care. Implementation of the 4Ms framework into existing workflows complements the use of geriatric assessment to improve care of older adults with cancer. Models for implementation of the 4Ms within a cancer centre are described. Active engagement and education of healthcare providers is integral to success. Solutions to implementing the What Matters component are addressed.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Cancer centres can successfully implement the 4Ms framework into existing workflows through a complex change management process and development of infrastructure that engages healthcare providers, facilitating cultural change whilst employing quality improvement methodology to gradually adapt the status quo to age-friendly processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139514014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incidence, description, predictors, and consequences of persistent taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy.","authors":"Daniel L Hertz","doi":"10.1097/spc.0000000000000684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/spc.0000000000000684","url":null,"abstract":"This review aims to provide insights into persistent taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy (TIPN). The primary objective is to describe the incidence, predictors, and consequences of TIPN lasting at least 1 year after the end of taxane treatment.","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138823630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Schroder Sattar, Kristen R Haase, Kayoung Lee, Kristin L Campbell
{"title":"Exercise interventions for frail older adults with cancer.","authors":"Schroder Sattar, Kristen R Haase, Kayoung Lee, Kristin L Campbell","doi":"10.1097/spc.0000000000000685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/spc.0000000000000685","url":null,"abstract":"Frailty is prevalent in older adults with cancer and can lead to complications during cancer treatment and poor health outcomes. Exercise has been shown to be a promising strategy to mitigate frailty and slow the accumulation of functional impairment in the general geriatric population. In this review, we present a discussion on the state of the science of exercise interventions for frail older adults with cancer. This review is timely and relevant given the aging of the population and corresponding increase in proportion of older adults living with cancer.","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138823591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniela C Rosenberger, Daniel Segelcke, Esther M Pogatzki-Zahn
{"title":"Mechanisms inherent in acute-to-chronic pain after surgery - risk, diagnostic, predictive, and prognostic factors.","authors":"Daniela C Rosenberger, Daniel Segelcke, Esther M Pogatzki-Zahn","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000673","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000673","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Pain is an expected consequence of a surgery, but it is far from being well controlled. One major complication of acute pain is its risk of persistency beyond healing. This so-called chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP) is defined as new or increased pain due to surgery that lasts for at least 3 months after surgery. CPSP is frequent, underlies a complex bio-psycho-social process and constitutes an important socioeconomic challenge with significant impact on patients' quality of life. Its importance has been recognized by its inclusion in the eleventh version of the ICD (International Classification of Diseases).</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Evidence for most pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions preventing CPSP is inconsistent. Identification of associated patient-related factors, such as psychosocial aspects, comorbidities, surgical factors, pain trajectories, or biomarkers may allow stratification and selection of treatment options based on underlying individual mechanisms. Consequently, the identification of patients at risk and implementation of individually tailored, preventive, multimodal treatment to reduce the risk of transition from acute to chronic pain is facilitated.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>This review will give an update on current knowledge on mechanism-based risk, prognostic and predictive factors for CPSP in adults, and preventive and therapeutic approaches, and how to use them for patient stratification in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"324-337"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10215493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Should opioids be used for breathlessness and in whom? A PRO and CON debate of the evidence.","authors":"Magnus Ekström, Daisy J A Janssen","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000674","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000674","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose of review The net clinical benefit of opioids for chronic breathlessness has been challenged by recent randomized clinical trials. The purpose was to review and weigh the evidence for and against opioid treatment for chronic breathlessness in people with serious disease. Recent findings Evidence to date on the efficacy and safety of opioids for chronic breathlessness was reviewed. Findings supporting a benefit from opioids in meta-analyses of earlier, mostly smaller trials were not confirmed by recent larger trials. Evidence pertains mostly to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease but also to people with pulmonary fibrosis, heart failure, and advanced cancer. Taken together, there is no consistent evidence to generally recommend opioids for severe breathlessness or to identify people who are more likely to benefit. Opioid treatment may be tested in patients with intractable breathlessness and limited other treatment options, such as in end-of-life care. Knowledge gaps were identified and recommendations were made for future research. Summary Key Points Supportive findings of net benefit of opioids for chronic breathlessness in earlier trials have not been confirmed by recent larger randomized clinical trials. There is no evidence that the opioid treatment improves the person’s exercise capacity or quality of life, and it increases the risk of adverse events. Evidence to date does not support that opioids should generally be recommended for treating breathlessness. In people with intractable symptoms and short expected survival, with few or no treatment options, it may still be reasonable to try opioid treatment with the aim to alleviate severe breathlessness. Research is needed to explore the potential benefit of opioids in selected patient groups. Opioids cannot be generally recommended for treating breathlessness based on insufficient evidence for net clinical benefit.","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"263-269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10597437/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10291345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicholas G Zaorsky, Alexander V Louie, Shankar Siva
{"title":"Radiation therapy options in kidney cancer.","authors":"Nicholas G Zaorsky, Alexander V Louie, Shankar Siva","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000683","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>In this review, the authors discuss the use of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for the treatment of primary and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC).</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>For primary RCC treated with SBRT, local control is estimated at >95%, and grade 3-4 toxicity is limited at ≤5%. The difference in glomerular filtration rate pretreatment versus posttreatment was about 7.7 ml/min. For metastatic RCC treated with SBRT, the 1-year local control is ~90%. The incidence of any grade 3-4 toxicity is ~1%. Several ongoing trials are evaluating SBRT in combination or in lieu of systemic therapy. There are many unknowns remaining in the treatment of RCC, including tumor prognostication, treatment selection, and treatment delivery.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Stereotactic body radiation therapy is a safe and effective treatment option for patients with primary and metastatic RCC.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":"17 4","pages":"308-314"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50159093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perioperative systemic therapy in renal cell carcinoma.","authors":"Ceilidh MacPhail, Lori A Wood, Myuran Thana","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000675","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000675","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common kidney neoplasm. Localized RCC can be cured with nephrectomy. However, a proportion of patients will recur with incurable distant metastatic disease. There is a clear need for treatments to reduce the risk of RCC recurrence and thus improve survival. This review describes the landscape of perioperative therapy for RCC, focusing on more recent trials involving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>ICIs have significantly changed outcomes in advanced RCC. Four trials investigating the role of perioperative ICI for RCC are now reported. Only one trial utilizing adjuvant pembrolizumab (Keynote-564) has shown a disease-free survival benefit in resected RCC.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>Patients with resected RCC should be counselled on their risk of recurrence and the potential option of adjuvant pembrolizumab, recognizing that overall survival data are not yet available.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"301-307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41172155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of corticosteroids in the palliation of dyspnea in cancer patients: an evidence-based review.","authors":"David Hui, Sriram Yennurajalingam","doi":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000677","DOIUrl":"10.1097/SPC.0000000000000677","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>To provide an evidence-based review on the use of corticosteroids for dyspnea in cancer patients.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>Corticosteroids are commonly used for palliation of dyspnea; however, there is wide variation in how they are prescribed due to the paucity of high-quality evidence. Some clinicians would offer corticosteroids routinely regardless of the causes of dyspnea, while others would only prescribe corticosteroids selectively for specific indications, such as lymphangitic carcinomatosis, upper airway obstruction, superior vena cava obstruction, and cancer treatment-induced pneumonitis. Few mechanistic studies have been conducted to support the use of corticosteroids in cancer patients. Two double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trials have examined the routine use of high-dose dexamethasone for dyspnea in cancer patients. A pilot study suggested some benefits, but the larger confirmatory trial revealed no improvement compared to the placebo and significantly more adverse events. The selective use of corticosteroids use is only based on observational studies such as case series.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>The unfavorable risk:benefit ratio of high-dose dexamethasone suggests that it should not be routinely prescribed for dyspnea in cancer patients. More research is needed to assess the selective use of corticosteroids and identify patients most likely be benefit from corticosteroid use.</p>","PeriodicalId":48837,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care","volume":" ","pages":"270-276"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41161096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}