Impact of awareness of terminal illness and use of palliative care or intensive care unit on the survival of terminally ill patients with cancer: Prospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2474-2480

  Yun, Young Ho ^a   Lee, Myung Kyung ^a   Kim, Seon Young ^a   Lee, Woo Jin ^a   Jung, Kyung Hae ^c   Do, Young Rok ^g   Kim, Samyong ⁱ   Heo, Dae Seog ^e   Choi, Jong Soo ^d   Park, Sang Yoon ^a   Jeong, Hyun Sik ^j   Kang, Jung Hun ^k   Kim, Si Young ^f   Ro, Jungsil ^a   Lee, Jung Lim ^h   Park, Sook Ryun ^a   Park, Sohee ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^h Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁱ Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Sunlin Hospital   (South Korea)

^k Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79959287460     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.30.1184     Document Type: Article

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