Treating ovarian cancer patients at the end of life: When should we stop?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-256

  Von Gruenigen, Vivian E ^a,b   Daly, Barbara J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DEATH; EDITORIAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORALITY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 27144545515     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.09.005     Document Type: Editorial

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