[Survey of Prophylactic Administration of Naldemedine for Opioid-induced Constipation].

Opioid-induced constipation (OIC), an adverse event that occurs due to opioid analgesics, reportedly causes poor quality of life and adherence to opioid analgesics in patients. Therefore, this issue must be addressed appropriately. Naldemedine (NAL), a peripherally-acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist, is currently recommended for treating OIC when other laxatives are ineffective, but there have been no clinical reports of NAL being used prophylactically for OIC.

[A case of a metastatic spine tumor treated using a multidisciplinary approach].

A 5 0-year-old man who was a hepatitis B carrier was admitted with back pain due to bone metastasis of the 12 th thoracic vertebra(Th12)in November 2011. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer in January 2010 and underwent liver resection following hepatic arterial chemoembolization. He presented with performance status(PS)2 and a numeric rating scale(NRS) pain score of 8 out of 10 at the time of admission.

[Difficulty in home care management of a young patient with terminal stage carcinoma--a case report].

A 48-year-old man with no remarkable medical history presented with upper abdominal pain for approximately 1 month. He was diagnosed as having pancreatic carcinoma with liver and lung metastasis and complicating carcinomatous peritonitis. Despite chemotherapy, his performance status worsened, his appetite deteriorated, and his pain became intolerable.

[Three cases of lung cancer presenting with spinal cord paralysis as the initial manifestation-symptom control, nursing care, and coordination of home medical care].

Bone metastasis from lung cancer accounts for approximately 30% of all metastatic bone tumors. The median survival time of patients with stage IV lung cancer with bone metastases is 5.5 months and that of patients without bone metastases is 7.

Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor observed by bronchoscopy and resected using video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Pulmonary inflammatory pseudotumor is rare. A 34-year-old woman visited our hospital due to an abnormal chest shadow. Computed tomograhy showed a nodule in the right upper lobe.

[Early diagnosis of metastatic spinal tumor is a key for effective palliative radiotherapy in patients with lung cancer].

Patients with metastatic spinal tumor are the largest in number among the patients with bone tumor. It causes a severe bone pain, pathological fracture and spinal cord compression. Thus it harshly hampers patient's quality of life.

[A case with an ovarian cancer patient who could receive anti-cancer therapy and palliative care simultaneously at home through seamless collaboration in healthcare linkage].

A palliative care team provides palliative care in the hospital setting.However, palliative care might be discontinued when a patient was switched to an outpatient from an inpatient or when a patient was being transferred to another hospital.In the present work, we report a case who could receive anti-cancer therapy and palliative care simultaneously at home.