Palliative therapy

Sleep disorders and insomnia are frequent concerns among cancer survivors, presenting a notable challenge. Herbal footbaths are a complementary and alternative medicine that provides good results in managing insomnia, with few adverse effects and low costs. This study aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of herbal footbaths therapy for insomnia treatment in cancer patients.

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No standard radiotherapy regimens have been established for the treatment of de novo metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (mNPC) with bone-only metastasis. The current study aimed to investigate the efficacy of palliative chemotherapy (PCT) plus locoregional radiotherapy (LRRT) with or without local radiotherapy (RT) for metastatic bone lesions in mNPC.

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Cause-specific survival is commonly estimated in cancer clinical trials and only those deaths which can be attributed to the cancer in question are considered to be events, while all other deaths are considered censorings. Using cause-specific survival to estimate net survival requires that reliably coded information on cause of death is available. The distinguishing feature of survival analysis is that at the end of the follow-up period the event (such as death due to cancer) will probably not have occurred for all patients.

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Rare patients with localized early stage mycosis fungoides can be cured with radiotherapy, often total-skin electron beam irradiation. More advanced disease has been treated with topical glucocorticoids, topical nitrogen mustard, phototherapy, psoralen with ultraviolet A (PUVA), electron beam radiation, interferon, antibodies, fusion toxins, and systemic cytotoxic therapy. Unfortunately, these treatments are palliative. Adult T Cell Lymphoma/Leukemia Adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia is one manifestation of infection by the HTLV-I retrovirus.

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Making a Treatment Plan From information on the extent of disease and the prognosis and in conjunction with the patient's wishes, it is determined whether the treatment approach should be curative or palliative in intent. Cooperation among the various professionals involved in cancer treatment is of the utmost importance in treatment planning.

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