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Impact of palliative chemotherapy and best supportive care on overall survival and length of hospitalization in patients with incurable Cancer: a 4-year single institution experience in Japan
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyze the determinants of patients’ choice between palliative chemotherapy and best supportive care (BSC) and to investigate how this choice affects overall survival (OS) and length of hospitalization according to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performanc...
Autores principales: | Murakawa, Yasuko, Sakayori, Masato, Otsuka, Kazunori |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0428-3 |
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