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Article: Mechanisms of Exertional Dyspnea in Patients with Cancer.(Commentary on Current Literature)(Reprint)
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- Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Mechanisms of Exertional Dyspnea in Patients with Cancer. Travers J, Dudgeon DJ, AmjadiK, et al.
Exertional dyspnea is an important symptom in cancer patients, and, in many cases, its cause remains unexplained after careful clinical assessment. To determine mechanisms of exertional dyspnea in a variety of cancer types, we evaluated cancer outpatients with clinically important unexplained dyspnea (CD) at rest and during exercise and compared the results with age-, sex-, and cancer stage-matched control cancer (CC) patients and age- and sex-matched healthy control participants (HC). Participants (n = 20/group) were screened to exclude clinical cardiopulmonary ...