Emerging Evidence in Cancer Symptom Clusters | Oncology Nursing Society
New findings are allowing oncology nurses to offer their patients more personalized management strategies for their cancer- or treatment-related symptoms. Symptom clusters in patients with cancer are associated with decreased functional status, poorer quality of life, and increased mortality risk. Although the evidence is well established for certain symptom clusters in chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the science is emerging for newer treatments such as immunotherapies as well as individual patient
