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Metastatic cancer, especially in the growing population of geriatric patients, presents a big challenge to these patients, as well as to treatment teams and the entire health care system. This article describes some common medical problems faced by patients with metastases to liver and bone, and ...
Frosch, MD, MSHP JAMA Network Open Key Points Question What are the most common and costly medical procedures and services provided to privately insured patients with cancer in the US? Findings This cohort study found that the total estimated cost of cancer care for privately insured adults in ...
This cohort study investigates the patterns of goals of care among patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers over the last years of the
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Access to informal caregivers is a key factor in the ability of patients to remain in the home, and informal caregivers also serve as patient advocates [30,31,32,33,34]. Cancer patients’ total need for, and use of, care at all levels of the healthcare sector during the last six ...
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21 Especially for patients with advanced cancer and for those who are not malnourished or hypophagic, possible risks of PN predominate the benefits.22 Other data showed that, in particular, long-term treatment with PN, for example home parenteral nutrition, improves subjective quality of life,23...
Balancing truth‐telling: relatives acting as translators for older adult cancer patients of Turkish or northwest African origin in Belgium The first generation of Turkish and Northwest African immigrants in Belgium are ageing and at risk for developing cancer. Relatives play an important role ... IV...
What is needed to improve quality of care for patients with advanced cancer? Results of focus group discussions with staff.doi:10.1016/S0959-8049(01)81867-0Tishelman, C.Backman, L.Bernhardson, B.Johansson, E.Borjeson, S.Blomberg, K....