Symptom Clusters in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Brain Tumors

By John F. Gleason JF Jr, Case D, Rapp SR, Ip E, Naughton M, Butler JM Jr, McMullen K, Stieber V, Saconn P, Shaw EG.

Current research has looked to identify common symptom clusters among cancer patients. A symptom cluster can be thought of as three or more symptoms that occur at the same time. This study, conducted by Gleason et al., looked at symptom clusters in newly diagnosed brain tumor patients enrolled in a clinical trial of d-threo-methyphenidate (d-MPH). Two symptom clusters were identified using exploratory factor analysis.

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