Supportive Care in Cancer Unit at the National Cancer Institute of Milan: A new integrated model of medicine in oncology

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Ida, Ripamonti Carla ^a   Adelaide, Pessi Maria ^a   Stefania, Boldini ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer patients; integrated model of medicine in oncology; medical oncology; supportive care

Indexed keywords

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOXICITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ITALY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ONCOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER UNIT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84862124286     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e328352eabc     Document Type: Review

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