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November 15, 2010
Younger Adult Cancer Patients May Have More Difficulty Coping With Pain, Emotional, Financial Issues
HealthDay (11/12, Preidt) reported, "Even though they have a better chance of survival, younger adult cancer patients have more difficulty coping with the pain and emotional and financial issues of cancer than older patients."
In fact, "compared with cancer patients in their 50s and 60s, adult patients aged 40 and younger reported more flare-ups of pain, and more trouble thinking quickly and logically six months after their diagnosis."
The study detailed in Pain Medicine "included 100 patients with advanced breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer, or the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma, who were surveyed six months after diagnosis."
Posted by admin at November 15, 2010 05:47 PM