2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Identification of effective supportive care for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy on evidence-based QOL assessment

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20590516
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Medical sociology
Research Institution	Nagoya City University
Principal Investigator	KOMATSU Hirokazu 名古屋市立大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 准教授 (60336675)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	IIDA Shinsuke 名古屋市立大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 准教授 (50295614) KUSUMOTO Shigeru 名古屋市立大学, 大学院・医学研究科, 講師 (90423855)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	QOL / がん / 薬物療法
Research Abstract	Individual-based management including anticipatory nausea has been shown to be critical for anti-emetic therapy in ambulatory cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Early oral health care can be effective for the management of chemotherapy-induced stomatitis. Skin damage by chemotherapy and molecular-targeted therapy should be managed prophylactically by the multi-disciplinary medicine. Nurses in outpatient chemotherapy center may have difficulty in assessing their patients'symptoms and supportive care needs. The total supports for their family should be essential as well as patients. Psycho-oncology, patients' education and home health care will be next focused issues.