Chemotherapy and palliative care near end-of life: examining the appropriateness at a cancer institute for colorectal cancer patients

BACKGROUND: Appropriate cessation of chemotherapy and timely referral of patients to hospice services are crucial for the quality of care near death. We investigated the quality of care in our Cancer Institute in very advanced metastatic colorectal cancer patients treated in real life. PATIENTS AND...

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Autores principales: Massa, Ilaria, Nanni, Oriana, Foca, Flavia, Maltoni, Marco, Derni, Stefania, Gentili, Nicola, Frassineti, Giovanni Luca, Casadei Gardini, Andrea, Valgiusti, Martina, Amadori, Dino, Prati, Elena, Altini, Mattia, Gallegati, Davide, Sansoni, Elisabetta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29914452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0339-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6006864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29914452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0339-8

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