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Young Adults Suffer More Cancer Pain, Distress
Young Adults Suffer More Cancer Pain, Distress
B Bates
20110214
2011 Mar 14
Elsevier Global Medical News
Young Adults Suffer More Cancer Pain, Distress
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Mar 14, B Bates
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (EGMN) - Compared with older cancer patients, younger adults battling the disease reported more pain, more severe pain, and more distress on almost every psychological variable measured by researchers at the University of South Florida, Tampa.The findings were notable because older patients, defined as those over age 55, were more likely than their younger counterparts to have stage IV disease (56.8% vs. 36.7%) and be receiving...