David Blum

 

David Blum obtained his medical degree from the University of Zürich (2002) and received the Swiss Confederation Diploma of Internal Medicine (2009) and Medical Oncology (2011). He is currently working as a PhD candidate in Palliative Care at NTNU Trondheim. He is a Marie Curie scholar in EURO IMPACT (European Intersectorial and Multidisciplinary PalliativeCare Research Training) and a researcher of theEPCRC (European Palliative Care Research Collaborative).He is a member of the Swiss Society of Palliative Care and the European Society of Medical Oncology.

His main research interests include symptom assessment, cancer cachexia, physical activity, end of life care and integration of oncology and palliative care.

 

 

 

 

Original articles with peer-review

 Blum D, Omlin A, Baracos VA, Solheim TS, Tan BHL, Stone P, Kaasa S, Fearon K, Strasser F; European Palliative Care Research Collaborative. Cancer Cachexia: A systematic literature review of items and domains associated with involuntary weight loss in cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, in press. IF 5.27

 Patient-focused endpoints in advanced cancer: Criterion-based validation of accelerometer-based activity monitoring. Skipworth RJ, Stene GB, Dahele M, Hendry PO, Small AC, Blum D, Kaasa S, Trottenberg P, Radbruch L, Strasser F, Preston T, Fearon KC, Helbostad JL; on behalf of the (EPCRC). Clin Nutr. 2011 Jul 4

 

 Reviews and Editorials peer reviewed

 Blum D, Omlin A, Fearon K, Baracos V, Radbruch L, Kaasa S, Strasser F; European Palliative Care Research Collaborative. Evolving classification systems for cancer cachexia: ready for clinical practice? Support Care Cancer 2010;18(3):273-9. IF 1.91

 Strasser F, Blum D, Bueche D. The role of the oncologist in palliative care. Invasive Palliative Interventions: When are they worth it and when are they not? The Cancer Journal 2010; in press. IF 3.47

 Cachexia assessment tools, Blum D, Strasser F. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative

Care 2011, in press

 

Reviews and Editorials not-peer reviewed

Blum D, Omlin A, Strasser F. Gewichts- und Appetitverlust bei Krebspatienten. The Medical Journal 2009; 3:27-29.

 Blum D, Praxmarer R. OBSTIPATION bei fortgeschrittener Krebserkrankung; Medizinische und pflegerische Aspekte mit Fokus auf die Betreuung Zuhause., Palliative CH 3/09

 

Book chapters

Oberholzer R, Blum D, Strasser F. The concept of cachexia related suffering in palliative cancer care. In Preedy VR (ed): Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Palliative Care. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. London 2010;

Blum D, Oberholzer R, Strasser F. Refractory Cancer Cachexia. In Preedy VR (ed): Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Palliative Care. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. London 2010;

Blum D, Strasser F. Appetite stimulants. In Del Fabbro (ed): Nutrition and the Cancer Patient, Oxford University Press; 2010;

 

Oral Presentations

2007  SASRO, Aarau: Prophylactic radiation for patients with small cell lung cancer in locally complete remission, Blum D., Leemann B., Thum P., Dohr T., Institut für Radioonkologie KS Luzern (oral presentation)

2009    3rd national research day palliative care, Basel, 2009. Basic cachexia management: The potential of a standard multi-domain and interprofessional approach in daily practice and research. Blum D, Oberholzer R, Linder S, Strasser F.

2010   EAPC Glasgow: Cancer cachexia assessment and classification: Testing of items and domains defining cachexia in patients with incurable cancer, (oral presentation)

 

Teaching

SBK Teaching (Nursing Education): Nutrition and Cancer, 2008-2010