Construction of the central symptom cluster management program for patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, the incidence of cancer has been on the rise worldwide due to environmental pollution, poor lifestyle habits, and increasing medical diagnoses. In China, the incidence and mortality of lung cancer both rank first among malignant tumors. In the process of cancer diagnosis and treatment, patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy experience a serious symptom burden. Inadequate symptom management will aggravate the physical and mental pain of patients and even delay or interrupt the treatment of the disease. Therefore, it is urgent to provide symptom management programs for medical staff and patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Objective

To construct the central symptom cluster management program for patients with lung cancer und

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522457 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature