Cancer Research UK said that concerning delays to begin treatment in the UK are partly a result of the UK Government's lack of long-term planning on cancer in recent decades. Countries with more robust cancer strategies backed by sufficient funding have seen larger improvements in survival than ...
"Although we have made progress, the last benchmark showed that cancer survival in the UK is still around 10 to 15 years behind leading countries. This study captures missed opportunities for patients in the UK to receive life-prolonging treatment. The next phase of our research will explore t...
To investigate the correlation between varying degrees of hospice care and patient’s autonomy in decision-making and reduced aggressiveness of cancer care at the end of life, we divided the patients into three subgroups, regarding to the intensity of hospice care: hospice ward admission, hospice ...
Ten studies had the same participants who shared their experiences in different healthcare service areas living in Northern Territory (n = 3) [24,25,26], New South Wales (n = 2) [29,38], and Western Australia (n = 5) [33,34,35,36,39]. Most of the studies (n = 21) conducted...