{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Jespersen E"],"funding":["Velux Fonden"],"pagination":["e13674"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9788272"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["31(6)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>Little is known about concurrent physical, psychological, social and spiritual distress experienced by older patients during early stages of advanced cancer while receiving life-prolonging treatment. Drawing on the concept of total pain, this study explored the multi-faceted symptoms of pain in older patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer while receiving palliative chemotherapy.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 14 in-depth interviews with seven participants were conducted, one interview at the beginning and one after completion of chemotherapy. Participants were ≥70 years, diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer and receiving palliative chemotherapy.<h4>Results</h4>Thematic analysis revealed four themes: variability and inevitability of physical pain, ways of cop"],"journal":["European journal of cancer care"],"pubmed_title":["Symptoms of total pain experienced by older people with advanced gastrointestinal cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy."],"pmcid":["PMC9788272"],"funding_grant_id":["00013460"],"pubmed_authors":["Jespersen E","Minet LR","Nissen N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Symptoms of total pain experienced by older people with advanced gastrointestinal cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>Little is known about concurrent physical, psychological, social and spiritual distress experienced by older patients during early stages of advanced cancer while receiving life-prolonging treatment. Drawing on the concept of total pain, this study explored the multi-faceted symptoms of pain in older patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer while receiving palliative chemotherapy.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 14 in-depth interviews with seven participants were conducted, one interview at the beginning and one after completion of chemotherapy. Participants were ≥70 years, diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer and receiving palliative chemotherapy.<h4>Results</h4>Thematic analysis revealed four themes: variability and inevitability of physical pain, ways of cop","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2026-05-10T04:49:40.335Z","creation":"2025-04-04T12:10:01.334Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9788272","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35973729"],"doi":["10.1111/ecc.13674"]}}